At home in Freedom, chef Erin French of the Lost Kitchen is rebuilding a restaurant — and a life. O n a humid summer night in central Maine, inside a defunct 1834 gristmill, Erin French is working in an open kitchen, moving purposefully between an elegant Lacanche range and a white double farmhouse sink.

The chef has spoken with NBC’s Harry Smith about her long and sometimes uncertain journey from line cook to successful entrepreneur. Talking about the husband of Erin French, she is now married to Michael Dutton. The lovely duo married on 2018 August 24. The lovely duo is blessed with a 10-years old son.

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French’s son Jaim (with her in 2015) is “night and day different than me,” she says. “He’s comfortable in his skin.” French raised her son Jaim (a play on the French j’aime, meaning “I love”) as a single mom and began honing her cooking skills in her parents’ kitchen.

Where is Erin French working?

O n a humid summer night in central Maine, inside a defunct 1834 gristmill, Erin French is working in an open kitchen, moving purposefully between an elegant Lacanche range and a white double farmhouse sink.

When they’re not in the field with their crops, these women help French cook and serve the meals she creates each week. They are central to the restaurant’s success in more ways than one: French’s culinary philosophy is to let their bounty determine the direction of the menu.

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