Scott Crawford

The Climb

Scott Crawford is chef & owner of Jolie, a role he has held since 2019. The title marks continuity as much as authority: since taking it on, he has kept the work pointed toward an experience that feels open, welcoming, and immediate. There is no attempt to overstate the kitchen’s ambitions. The emphasis stays on what arrives at the table and how it is received. Read that way, his rise is less about reinvention than refinement, with Jolie as the clearest expression of that focus.

Today

He continues in that post, with the restaurant serving as his central professional address. Crawford’s language around dining is plainspoken: “Nothing about the dining experience will be complicated.” That line fits the method. Hospitality is meant to move cleanly, without friction or excess. But the simplicity is not empty; it holds room for the full atmosphere of a meal—the people, the culture, the energy, the pastries, the food. As he puts it, “I’ve never seen one of my children connect with the people, the culture, the energy, the pastries, the food, everything like that.” The point is not sentiment but scope: the restaurant is where those elements meet.

Signature

Scott's signature dishes include Jolie. The name carries the restaurant’s identity without separating it from the work itself. In Crawford’s case, a signature reads less like a display piece than a clean extension of the room, the menu, and the way he wants the meal to land. The aim is pleasure, stated plainly.

In Their Words “I’ve never seen one of my children connect with the people, the culture, the energy, the pastries, the food, everything like that.” “Nothing about the dining experience will be complicated.”