Robert Phalen of One Eared Stag - Biography
Atlanta, GA
Robert Phalen’s thorough culinary education started early on with childhood summers spent on the family farm, eating just-picked peaches and tomatoes. After high school he earned a hotel and restaurant management degree from the University of Mississippi, eventually getting his masters degree equivalent from Johnson & Wales in Charleston.
Influenced by John Currence and Bob Wagner—and likely nostalgic for a market generally teeming with fresh produce—Phalen settled in Atlanta, first working pastry under Edoard Fenouil at Mumbo Jumbo, then as executive chef at Alon Balshon’s namesake, and at Atlanta magazine’s 2003 restaurant of the year, MidCity Cuisine.
In 2008, Phalen opened his first venture, Holy Taco, an ingredient-driven Pan-Latin restaurant in the heart of east Atlanta. Spring 2011 saw Phalen opening the casually elegant One Eared Stag, earning him a 2012 StarChefs.com Rising Star award and continuing a career-long homage to the beauty of fresh-picked food.
Buffalo Wing-style Pigtails
Roasted Tuna Collar with Arugula Gremolata
Shaved Radishes, Whipped Lardo, and Radish Top Gremolata
Fantasy Foodball: Championship Super Bowl Snacks
2012 Atlanta Rising Stars
The Atlanta Rising Stars Winners: Why They Shine
Good Ol’ Southern Food (and Drink) in ATL
The Product: It’s Not Scraps, It’s Tuna Collar
2012 Atlanta Rising Star Chef Robert Phalen
Drink Up, Atlanta
Tomato, Tomahto: Preserving the Flavor
Fly on the Wall: 2012 Atlanta Rising Stars Honorees Dinner
2012 StarChefs.com Atlanta Rising Stars Purveyors
9th Annual StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress

Robert Phalen
@http://twitter.com/#!/RobertPhalen, @robertphalen- One Eared Stag
1029 Edgewood Avenue Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30307
(404) 525-4479
www.oneearedstag.com..