A former employee of Michelin-starred restaurant Kinship is staging an ongoing protest outside the Shaw dining room, alleging a racial incident involving chef/owner Eric Ziebold.
that she plans to continue protesting outside of Kinship—though she says these actions were a last resort: “I never wanted it to be a big thing. I just wanted an apology, as someone who was hurt by his words. I didn’t want it to impact my co-workers.”
According to a source from the restaurant, Ziebold engaged in a private discussion about how a variety of hypothetical work scenarios would be handled. It was during that meeting that Ziebold allegedly used the racial slur that prompted the conversation.
Ziebold—a fine dining fixture in Washington who operated high-end Mandarin Oriental restaurant CityZen for over a decade before opening Kinship and Metier in 2016—remained silent over the weekend. He issued the following statement to“While addressing the concerns of a team member feeling safe in our restaurant, I was asked a question. While stating I would find the proposed behavior unacceptable, I regretfully repeated their word in my response.
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