Chris Morgan

A native of Northern Virginia, Bammy’s co-owner and co-executive chef, Chris Morgan, has traveled across the world, but always knew he wanted to return to the DC to open his first restaurant. Prior to Bammy’s, Chris, alongside Gerald Addison, served as co-owner and co-executive chef of DC’s award-winning sister restaurants Compass Rose and Maydan. Collaborating as co-executive chefs for the first time, Chris and Gerald opened Maydan in November, 2017. Over the course of the next three years with them at the helm, Maydan was awarded a Michelin Star, named a James Beard Semifinalist, and received critical acclaim from local, regional, and national press including being named “No. 2 Best New Restaurant in America” by Bon Appetit, a “Top 10 Best New Restaurant” by Food & Wine, a “Best New Restaurant in America” by G.Q., one of Eater’s “18 Best New Restaurants in America”, etc.

Chris began his cooking career in San Francisco, where he worked at Zuni cafe under the late Judy Rogers. He then helped open Company with his mentor, Karen Hoffman, starting as a lead line cook and working his way up to sous chef. From there, he went to work for Chef Melissa Perfit at Hard Water, part of the Slanted Door Restaurant Group before returning to DC. After moving back to the nation’s Capital, Chris served as executive sous chef at The Partisan alongside Chef Ed Witt. Following his time at The Partisan, Chris served as sous chef at The Dabney, working under the tutelage of award-winning chef, Jeremiah Langhorne. Next, he worked under Chef Nathan Anda as a chef for the Red Apron Group, helping him manage all of his properties and work on food research and menu development before becoming Co-Executive Chef at Compass Rose and Maydan in June 2017.