Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abe Conlon

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The result was keep‎. Consensus to keep the article exists. The nominator now also agrees it should be kept. (non-admin closure) - 🔥𝑰𝒍𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑭𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌)🔥 00:49, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Abe Conlon

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Other than a minor award he received, there is nothing significant about him. UPE history doesn't help. US-Verified (talk) 11:33, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Food and drink, and Massachusetts. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 11:44, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails SIGCOV as I could only find passing mentions. However his restaurant would probably be more notable than him. Nagol0929 (talk) 14:26, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria, which says:
People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
- If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability.
Sources
1. Buote, Brenda J. (2014-06-07). "Noted chef Abraham Conlon returns to Tyngsborough". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  The article notes: "Abraham Conlon, a Greater Lowell Technical High School alumnus, has traveled the world in pursuit of culinary inspiration. Over the past 15 years, he has studied and worked at restaurants across the country and in the Caribbean, Europe, and Asia. The celebrated chef’s journey came full circle last month when he returned to his alma mater to be honored as the school’s 2014 Distinguished Alumnus. It was the first time since 2004 that the school has honored a graduate. ... It is the kind of success Conlon dreamed of as a teenager, when he worked as an intern at Stonehedge Inn in Tyngsborough."
2. Sobey, Rick (2013-10-14). "Lowell native is cookin' -- in Chicago". The Sun. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  The article notes: "Abraham Conlon is a 32-year-old Lowell native who used to whip up treats at Greater Lowell Technical High School in Tyngsboro.Today, Conlon is the chef and co-owner of the Windy City's Fat Rice restaurant, which opened last November. ... Conlon comes from a Portuguese background and said he became interested in cooking through his grandmother. ... After high school and Cobblestones, Conlon attended the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. After cooking in the Dominican Republic and Virginia, where he became the youngest chef to be awarded the Four Diamond Award by AAA, Conlon settled in Chicago and started an underground dinner experience: He would serve people 10-course meals out of his living room."
3. Kierzek, Kristine M. (2016-11-08). "Chicago chef highlights foods of Macau". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  The article notes: "While classically trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Abraham Conlon’s cooking comes down to a cultural conversation with food. Every recipe is an exploration of history and taste. ... That’s the root of Conlon’s new cookbook, “The Adventures of Fat Rice: Recipes from the Chicago Restaurant Inspired by Macau” (Ten Speed Press, $35), written with his business partner and restaurant co-owner, Adrienne Lo, and former sous chef Hugh Amano."
4. Anderson, Brett (2020-06-16). "A Top Chicago Restaurant Messaged Its Virtue. Then Workers Spoke Up. Since Fat Rice proclaimed its support for justice, former employees have come forward with complaints that its chef created a hostile work environment". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  The article notes: "Nearly all of the 20 former Fat Rice employees who spoke to The New York Times in recent days described Mr. Conlon, 39, as an extreme example of a restaurant-business archetype: a tantrum-prone chef who rules by fear and bullying. He ended one staff meeting, they said, by dumping a can of garbage onto the floor, and flew into fits of anger so severe onlookers feared they would lead to violence. ... In 2018, Mr. Conlon won the James Beard award for Best Chef in the Great Lakes Region"
5. Moore, Evan F. (2020-06-08). "Abraham Conlon, Fat Rice co-owner, issues apology 'for those I have hurt,' amid bullying allegations". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  The article notes: "Abraham Conlon, the co-owner of Fat Rice, a recently-shuttered Portuguese/Macanese restaurant, released a statement Sunday via his Instagram feed titled “For those I have hurt” amid allegations claiming bullying, threats, and racially insensitive behavior toward employees."
6. Nunzio, Miriam Di (2018-05-08). "Chicago's Abraham Conlon emerges victorious at the 2018 James Beard Awards". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  The article notes: "Fat Rice owner/chef Abraham Conlon beat out four other Chicago chefs for the title best chef Great Lakes Region at this year’s gala awards ceremony held at the Lyric Opera House. The co-owner (with his partner Adrienne Lo) of the Portuguese/Macanese Logan Square eatery finally snagged the prestigious recognition, which has eluded him on two previous occasions."
7. "Chef Battle: Abraham Conlon". WBEZ. 2018-03-13. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Abraham Conlon to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 22:07, 6 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you Cunard. I'm happy to withdraw this nomination. US-Verified (talk) 11:27, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Cunard, WP:GNG, and WP:HEY. gidonb (talk) 21:59, 7 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per Gidonb. MrsSnoozyTurtle 00:46, 13 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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