title>THE FIT FOODIE 5K RACE WEEKEND

Meet RJ Cooper!

Rogue 24 is all about the unexpected, from its location—a sleek dining room hiding in an industrial alley—to James Beard Foundation Award winning chef R.J. Cooper's wildly imaginative dishes and the theater-like setup where the kitchen acts as a culinary stage. His vision is to remove traditional barriers of fine dining and provide an experience of interaction at dazzles the senses.

Rogue 24 exemplifies thinking outside the box, exploring possibilities while maintaining the fundamentals of classic cooking techniques honed in centuries of home and commercial kitchens. The culinary team applies advanced kitchen technologies and equipment to classic dishes to create a new way of looking at food. Consider some components of the current menu, full of creations that challenge diners' senses: carrot Jell-O, onion ice cream, liquefied olive, kimchi "cracklins", Champagne foam, tweezers as utensils, and smoke-filled jars as plateware. The unconventional cocktails are no less detailed than the food; look for drinks with hand-crafted spirits that are infused using a roto-evaporator, and touches like perfumed ice, and house-made syrups and bitters. The meal might be a series of surprises, but one thing you can expect: lots of thrilling, unique, inventive, and exciting dishes and drinks that add up to one incredible experience.

CHEF RJ COOPER, a 2007 James Beard Foundation Award winner for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic and Iron Chef America competitor, draws inspiration from more than two decades in the kitchen. His experiences include cooking Southern food in Atlanta and working at Eric Ripert's three-star Michelin restaurant Le Bernardin in New York City. Cooper worked at the The Oval Room and New Heights in D.C. before becoming chef de cuisine at Vidalia in 2004. Rogue 24 is the culmination of his experiences—a concept born from his desire to go rogue from typical fine-dining restaurants.