Goodbye To An Icon

[RJ Cooper]

I first met Eric Ziebold years ago at the Laundry, briefly over a beer and playing pool at a near by bar after service.

I then was reintroduced to him when he moved to town. I was just hired to be the chef de cuisine at Vidalia and he was in the final process of opening CityZen.

I as a cook have great memories of us growing in the same chef generation, he quietly led us to the growth of small farmers with connection to what we were doing as cooks in a fine dining atmosphere.

Eric is not dead, nor his passion and drive for excellence, however his stage must be changed.

Here here to a great cook now starting on a new path. My your growth be fulfilled with success.