JAMIE DAVIS

Executive Chef Jamie Davis was a James Beard Finalist for Best Chef Southeast 2024. Chef Jamie Davis joined The Hackney Team prior to the opening in 2019 to help with the design of the Hackney kitchen, his home away from home since opening, and the restaurant format and offering! Chef Jamie is passionate about local, fresh ingredients. He curates a Southern Eclectic Seafood led Menu because cooking and enjoying the freshest seafood is his passion. Jamie delivers beautiful, simple plating celebrating the delicious ingredients with immense depth of flavor achieved by building stocks, broths, sauces over weeks in line with his classical training.

The Hackney’s location near the coast of NC is perfect for a plentiful seafood supply! Our NC seafood suppliers hold themselves to the highest standards and take pride in their craft delivering the best quality every time!

Jamie was born in Jacksonville, NC but grew up with a Dad in the marines so he moved around a lot before resettling back in his home state. He started working in his first restaurant, Smithfield Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q, at 16 years old as a dishwasher and worked his way up through the ranks to manager by the time he was 18. He then joined the army and served and cooked for troops in Iraq before attending culinary school in Savannah, Georgia. Jamie's style is grounded in his classical training.  Moving around the South as he was growing up, he developed a love of all the food cultures within the South!  He works to make sure that the local seasonal ingredients from our Food Heroes - Farmers, Fisherwomen, Fishermen, Cattle and Pork Farmers - shine and speak for themselves on the plate.
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