Join us for a night of total collaboration as Chef Randy Rucker & Chef Evan Hennessey create a special multi-course menu.

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River Twice welcomes Evan Hennessey of Stages at One Washington.

At Stages at One Washington Chef Evan Hennessey honors New England seafare, foraged treasures, and the culinary community he both leads and depends on. Chef Hennessey is trained in classical French techniques and methods and now serves what he calls Progressive New England Cuisine, utilizing locally farmed and foraged foods to create artistically inspired dishes. Chef Hennessey is an award winning chef that graduated from Le Cordon Bleu at the Atlantic Culinary Academy in 2001. He has since cooked alongside some of the best chef’s in the country including Chef Charlie Palmer at New York City’s Aureole , Chef Grant Achatz at Trio in Chicago, Andrew Carmellini at Cafe Boulud, Thomas Rice and Ken Oringer at Clio, and Eli Kaimeh and Thomas Keller at Per Se. 

Hennessey opened Stages at One Washington alongside his brother, solidifying his place in the community by supporting local farms and maintaining active membership in Chef’s Collaborative, a non-profit organization aimed at bringing farmers and chefs together in order to revive heirloom vegetables, heritage meats, dairy, as well as spread the education of sustainable agriculture and food sourcing. In 2014, he was named a StarChefs Coastal New England Rising Star Chef and a semi-finalist for James Beard’s “Best Chef, Northeast.” In the fall of 2015, Hennessey was named as one of 30 ‘Chefs to Watch’ nationally by Plate Magazine. In May of 2018, Hennessey won Food Network’s ‘Chopped’, in October 2018, he won the semi-final round of ‘Chopped Champions’, then again in August of 2020 he became a 3-time Chopped Champion by winning the semi-final round of the Chopped, Beat Bobby Flay Tournament. In January 2019, Hennessey was featured in edition #129 of the international publication “Art Culinaire”

Stages has gained such accolades as #1 Hottest New Restaurant in NH from NH Magazine, a 15/20 score from Gayot.com (highest rating given in NH), the Award of Excellence from the Chaine des Rotisseurs for outstanding food & service, as well as  named to the 100 Best Restaurants in North America List by Opinionated About Dining five years in a row.