Seattle chef Tom Douglas celebrated at conference

The Food Network made celebrity-chef superstars out of Emeril Lagasse and Mario Batali, catapulting their careers and helping promote their food products and kitchen equipment. But Seattle's own celebrity chef Tom Douglas doesn't need the Food Network. He's done a pretty good job marketing himself — with five highly touted restaurants, a bakery and catering company, cookbooks, a food-product line and a weekly radio show. Read more