Chef Ben Ford officially earned his cooking stripes at some of the country’s most established restaurants and alongside several of America’s most treasured culinary icons before taking on his own restaurant kitchen and earning the prestigious Cochon555 award. Today, he has two successful Ford’s Filling Stations located in Culver City and the Delta Terminal at LAX, with a third location opening in fall 2014 at the JW Marriott in downtown Los Angeles. The restaurant’s local and seasonal high-end California-Mediterranean menu has earned him rave reviews and national acclaim, including a coveted three stars from the Los Angeles Times, one of the first restaurants in Los Angeles to receive this high rating.
In May 2014, Ben released his first cookbook, Taming the Feast: Ben Ford’s Field Guide to Adventurous Cooking, which focuses not only on bringing people together to eat good, sustainable organic food, but gathering lots of people together to eat sumptuous feasts.