AJ Johnson has been with Awful Arthur’s Oyster Bar since the spring of 1992 and was promoted to head chef/kitchen manager in 2011. A self-taught chef, AJ is passionate about his job and takes pride in serving the restaurant’s most popular menu items consistently year after year so that customers …

Executive Chef, Cory Bryant

Cory is an OBX native that has been part of the AQUA team since the doors opened in 2008. He has a passion for food, beer, and wine which has helped him develop into a progressive young chef. His love and determination are expressed in every …

Sam is a graduate of Norfolk Academy and Lynchburg College. After college, cooking at The Trellis, under Marcel Desaulniers, gave him the motivation to pursue a career in the field. He went on to graduate from Johnson & Wales University in Providence, RI with a degree in the Culinary Arts.…

Kathryn’s love for food and cooking first began in her Fisher Price kitchen as a child and continued as she grew. In 2001, her dream of becoming a chef became a reality when she graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY.

In 2001, Kathryn was hired as …

Alfredo Landazuri was born in Lima-Peru, and graduated from Cenfotur Institute. He relocated to the Outer Banks in 2001 starting his culinary career at Lone Cedar Café – Nags Head NC.

After extensive training, Alfredo became part of the original Striper’s Bar and Grille in Manteo in 2005 where he …

At an early age, Wes Stepp, fell in love with the art of cooking. He credits his passion to growing up in his mother’s kitchen and being involved in the daily preparation of family meals.

Chef Wes strongly believes in using the freshest, local ingredients available, as well as serving …

A lifelong Outer Banker and graduate of Manteo High School on Roanoke Island, Lee is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, and served as a culinary apprentice instructor at the Trellis Restaurant in Williamsburg, VA.

As an experienced fisherman and Roanoke Island native, Chef …

Donny King has been cooking in the Hampton Roads area since 1989. A Summer job quickly turned into a full year round occupation. His culinary career got its first jump start when he became Sous Chef of Five-01 City Grill upon its opening in 1992.

In ’96, Donny moved to …

Formerly the Executive Chef at the Outer Banks Brewing Station, Chef “Pok”, as he’s known to everyone on the beach, has been an icon in the OBX restaurant scene since coming to the beach as a child from Bangkok, Thailand to work in his uncle’s famous KDH restaurant, the Thai …