Just 70 miles southwest of the nation’s capital, there is a small town named Little Washington nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rappahannock County, Va. It is the setting of an amazing story of the kind of entrepreneurial achievement that has made America great.
One entrepreneur named Patrick O’Connell has made Little Washington a magnet for visitors from all over the world. In the process he has turned a town of 84 people into a thriving community with more than 300 jobs. This extraordinary achievement is the culmination of O’Connell’s improbable journey from a college drama student to a world class chef and hotelier.
What is fascinating about the miracle of Little Washington’s success is that it was so improbable. O’Connell attended Catholic University where he was a drama major. Prior to college, he worked part-time in a local restaurant in Clinton, Maryland. However, being a chef was not his focus at the time.
After earning his degree, O’Connell went to France where he discovered a passion for fine dining and superb cooking. As O’Connell reminisced “I was supposed to have become an actor but soon found the living theater of the restaurant world more compelling than the stage.”
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Author: Faith Novak
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