Charles Kelsey

The Climb

At the Culinary Institute of America, Charles Kelsey built the formal training that later informed a career moving between food media and the sandwich counter. A former gourmet writer at Gourmet, he brings editorial discipline to work that stays focused on execution rather than ornament. Since 2009, Kelsey has owned Cutty's, where the business has been anchored in sandwiches and in the same practical standards that shaped his earlier work.

Signature

Kelsey's signature dishes include Roast Beef 1000, Greens Shallot, and spicy pork and cilantro torta. The names read plainly, which fits the work: sandwiches built to carry flavor without excess.

In Their Words “And I feel like, we've created so much tasty stuff that other people get to enjoy as well.”