Linda Hampsten Fox is the creative force and mind behind The Bindery, an award-winning all-day bakery, market and restaurant in Denver’s LoHi neighborhood. In 2024, she will open The Bindery in Concourse A of Denver International Airport.
The Colorado Restaurant Association named her Chef of the Year in 2018, 5280 Magazine has named The Bindery one of its Top 25 Restaurants, and it is consistently named to Eater’s Essential 38 list. Linda is a native of New Jersey and daughter of Polish and Czech immigrants, and her menu at The Bindery is a direct reflection of her heritage and culinary inspirations from regions where she has lived and spent extended periods of time, including Italy, Switzerland, Mexico, France and the islands of Elba and Sardegna.
Linda has over twenty-five years of professional cooking experience and an impressive portfolio of references, including celebrities spanning the likes of Dr. Jane Goodall, Michael York, Nancy Pelosi, Dave Matthews, Melissa Etheridge, Tom Shadyac, Nic & Helen Foster (from the live radio show E-Town) and institutions such as The National Kidney Foundation, Great Chefs of the West, No Child Hungry, Blue Sky Bridge, the Excelsior Foundation, the Colorado Music Festival and the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.
Linda perfected her craft while apprenticing with chefs in Switzerland, Italy and France from the hotel kitchens on the Cote d’Azur to precious vineyards in Tuscany and mountain chalets in Switzerland. While her culinary passion is Mediterranean cuisine, her extensive travels have given her an intimate knowledge of food trends and cultures from all over the world. Through all this, the simple beauty and importance of gathering around the table has become undeniable to her.
In recent years, Linda has been exploring the limits of her imagination for clients in the Boulder and Denver area, as well as consulting on projects at home and abroad. Her charisma in the kitchen made her a sought-out asset by a cooking school in Todos Santos, Baja Mexico, and also as a menu developer for a string of restaurants in Denver. Meanwhile, she has developed a long list of clients whose friends, families, and coworkers eagerly await the next event. In her free time, she’s mountain biking, surfing or enjoying meals together with her family (husband Steve, daughter Emma, stepsons Jake, Matthew, and Ben).
