Nationally recognized restaurateur Chef Jim Shirley is owner of the Great Southern Café, 87 Central, The C-Bar, The Meltdown on 30A, b.f.f., The Bay, Farm & Fire, and North Beach Social.
Chef Jim uses Southern accents with great skill and spirit, traveling far afield to graze and glean, absorb culinary ideas, select fine wines, and look for pockets of sustainable farming practices. As a Pensacola native, Chef Jim uses his knowledge of local waters and his families’ farming histories to promote “New Ruralism,” a movement to champion sustainable agriculture at the urban edge.
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