Betsy Alger

BETSY ALGER

PROPRIETOR/DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

The Frog and The Peach was founded in 1983 by husband and wife team Jim Black and Betsy Alger, who prior to entering the restaurant business both had careers in the plant world – Jim was a landscape architect and Betsy taught horticulture to high school students.

Betsy was the Executive Chef at The Frog and The Peach for its first three years, receiving accolades from The New York Times just months after opening. She is a graduate of the Restaurant Management and Culinary Arts program at The New York Restaurant School. Her philosophy of providing an innovative American menu with clean flavors and global accents was developed in the early days of the restaurant’s existence, and Alger sees that as integral to the character and the success of the restaurant.

As the day-to-day operations person at the restaurant, Betsy is active in the culinary community. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the NJ Restaurant Association, a position she has held for six years, and presently serves on the Executive Board as Treasurer. She is a member of the Middlesex County College Advisory Committee for the Hotel, Restaurant & Institution Management program, Women Chefs and Restaurateurs, the Women’s Presidents’ Organization and Slow Foods USA. In 2001 Betsy received the New Jersey Restaurant Association’s “Gold Plate Award” for outstanding performance as a restaurateur.