Reneé Touponce
With a passionate focus on local ingredients and a serious position on equality in the kitchen, Reneé Touponce, Chef/partner of Oyster Club and The Port of Call, continues to raise the culinary bar in Mystic, CT and throughout New England. Reneé is a 2024 James Beard Award Finalist for Outstanding Chef, a 2023 James Beard Award finalist for Best Chef Northeast, and was named Chef of the Year at the Connecticut Restaurant Association’s 2022 CRazies Awards. Her kitchens are healthy, equal and safe, where no one has to feel out of place, while also cooking some of the most innovative and thoughtful food in New England.
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The philosophy of the Oyster Club and The Port of Call is to provide you with a beautiful and thoughtful dining experience, while supporting our local food community. We could not do what we do without the people who farm, fish, ferment, brew and craft in this little corner of Connecticut. In the kitchen is Chef/Partner Reneé Touponce, a James Beard Award Finalist for Outstanding Chef 2024, and Best Chef Northeast 2023. Reneé leads the culinary team at both Oyster Club and our sister restaurant, The Port of Call.