40 under 40 – 2017 winners

Julia Jaksic

Julia Jaksic
Nashville, Tennessee.
Executive Chef and Restaurant Owner.
“Employees Only” Official Website

Family from Skakavac, near Karlovac.

Julia Jaksic is a self driven professional chef focused on sharingwith the world her love of cooking, Croatian heritage, and family values. Since graduating from culinary school and leaving Milwaukee, Julia has been focused on traveling the world and opening restaurants in pursuit of sharing the best cuisine possible. Always promoting her Croatian family story and morals and integrating Croatian culture and cuisine to all she meets.

Former lifelong Tamburitzan player, Julia promotes the Croatian culture through food and music. Julia is a constant supporter of the Federation of Croatian Societies of Milwaukee including her parish and the Croatian Radio Hour there.

Julia was head chef at Employees Only in the West Village for ten years. At the moment Julia is working on opening a restaurant in Miami this year, and one in Panama City, Panama set to open in January 2017 and one in Manhattan in March and in in Nashville, too in 2017. Julia will also have her first cookbook being published by Penguin/Random House early next year. It is a collection of recipes from the cafe Jack’s Wife Freda in New York City where she had been the Chef-Consultant for the last 4 years.

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