He left central Virginia to become a chef.
17 years later, Drew Dunston is back, with a new restaurant that uses what he learned while away to celebrate his Virginia home.
With a cooking career that began at the age of 16, Dunston’s passion for food led him to culinary school in Austin and then to restaurants in Austin, Nashville, and Chicago, where he worked in Michelin-starred kitchens, absorbing knowledge to work towards opening his own restaurant. “I’m driven by my love of this,” said Dunston. “And I wanted to be good at it.”…