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Ketchum Grill's Scott Mason - in his words

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Run by Scott Mason and his wife Anne, the Ketchum Grill is a favorite amongst many locals and visitors alike including the recently profiled Rick Kapala (Youth Advocate of the Year). Snow Country Magazine chose Ketchum Grill as 1 of the 8 best Ski town restaurants with ood rivaling Manhattan's best. And The American Dairy Counsel chose Scott to be one of their Premiere Chefs of America 1997 spokespeople . "I love to cook, I love to eat. What more can I say". At SunValleyOnline, we say "thank you" -- we love your food and your contribution to the community. At countless area benefits, Scott is donating his services to the pleasure of his diners/bidders. Here's some more about Scott...

Question: Unsung local hero?
Answer: Dick Hare, he is always willing to share


Q. Why you settled in the Valley?
A. No traffic and affordable housing - hah that was 18 years ago.

Q. Favorite restaurant and dish in that restaurant
A. CK's - Ck's Pate and everything else

Q. Favorite trail winter/summer
A. In winter Prairie Creek Loop skating fast on a clear day and in summer since I'm a road rider from Galena summit to the Lodge. in that direction

Q. Biggest myth about the valley
A. That we are all rich.

Q. Favorite local non-profit
A. Ketchum Sun Valley Rotary Club

Q. 3 words that best describe you
A. Persistent, Consistent, Reticent

Q. If you were a breed of dog, what would you be?
A. Well, I'd be 1/2 Golden Retriever (Big,Hairy and Friendly) and 1/2 Whippet (never able to sit still for more than a minute)

Q. The person who had the greatest impact on my life
A. Anne Little - my wife

Q. Life lesson
A. Nothing is ever 100% for sure (except for this life lesson)

Q. My life won't be complete until I __
A. can discuss politics in 5 languages

Q. Tell us 3 truths and a lie about yourself
A. 1)I never completed College but I never stopped learning 2) I rarely say "no" to two things, one of them is coffee 3)I should have never opened a restaurant with partners 3)I was once a womens bicycle racer.
If you can figure out which one is the lie, email letters@sunvalleyonline.com with your answer. Those with correct answer will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate from Sturtevants.

Q. Favorite book
A. Pillars of the Earth Ken Follet (historical trash) or Bourne Idenity Robert Ludlum (action action action)

Q. Favorite quote
A. The person with the most physical beauty is not always the most beautiful (Me 2006)

Q. Your favorite picture
A. A scene from our trip in Viet Nam

Editor note: We've pulled one excerpt below from their Viet Nam Travel Log.


I've left two brothers behind and I hope they make it out alive... Steve, Eric and I have had the brother's heaven...

We've discussed politics naturally, family, beer, women, this war and that one, and where to find the best pho. We visited places remote and all too close to home. We've had heat, rain, cold and fog thick enough to cut. We've been screwed over by taxi drivers and laid side by side while small Vietnamese women walked barefoot all over us. We've met some odd and unusual folks and some we would just as soon forget. We ate breakfast at the market in Sa pa with a girl from SF the few brave westerners there, only to find her at a tea vendor in Saigon a cultural world and two weeks apart. We've been winked at, sneered at, slapped, hit, and hit on by women and... men. And none of that even hurt. We've slept with cockroaches, and slept in fine linen. We ate pig ear pate (once was enough), drank drank beer, and became pho kings. We became brothers again. We are a band of brothers... mot, hai, ba. (one, two, three)

Travel is all about opening your mind to the sights and smells and experiences that our world has to offer. A man we met along the way reminded us "Viet Nam is a place, not a war and really he's right. The people here are real people. Mostly just like home. Mostly a lot like you and me. Some just squeak by, and others actually make a western style success. Cyclo drivers offer a smoke to their passengers in hopes of securing future fares and the door man remembers all our names...we can't pronounce his. Most of them are happy with their government but no more than we are with ours. They too are worried about criticizing "the man" for fear that he might be watching. There are no bullet trains in Viet Nam but the train posters all advertise one. There is hope here but it is often shrouded in a white lie or held in some greased palm. Here people work hard to get by with what they've been given.

I came here with what I had been given, my two brothers. They are the only two I have.
I love my brothers. They are loads of fun.
Scott



Q. Favorite website
A. www.couchsurfing.com and Viet Nam Travel Log

Q. Favorite feature/article on SunValleyOnline
A. Events Section - always something fun to do in there

Q. What is your pet peeve that some restaurant customers are sometimes guilty of
A. Talking too loud on cell phones

Q. What is the nicest thing a customer of yours has done?
A. Dan and Martine Drackett once gave me a painting because I said I liked it. It still rests above the fireplace at the Grill

Q. What's your favorite dish as the Grill?
A. Anything Anne Makes

Q. How is eating at the Mason household different from eating at the grill (in terms of food)
A. At home the cooks enjoy a glass of wine while cooking the meal; also we have a vegetarian in the family so many of our meals are meat free and full of exotic flavors from India, Viet Nam and Thailand. At home the meals tend to be a bit more spontaneous and a bit less refined. I love to cook at home and I love it when Anne cooks too.
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