Chef Shuffle
-Roy Hendrickson is Chef de Cuisine at Zimzala at the Shorebreak Hotel and has been for about 5 months. 8/12/10
- Tim Kast has been named Executive Chef Partner of the soon-to-open Seasons 52 in South Coast Plaza. 8/9/10.
- Jorge Estrada has departed Fleming’s Newport Beach. Rumor has it that he will be replaced with Chris Hutten, currently at The Catch, Anaheim. 8/1/10
- Bert Agor most recently with Ruth’s Chris has taken over the kitchen at TAPS Brea replacing Manny Gonzales who is now in San Diego. 8/1/10.
- Paul Gregory is now the Executive Chef and F&B Director at the Hilton Long Beach. 7/19/10.
- Jon Eyer is now the Executive Chef at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego. 6/28/10.
- Daniel Durfort has left Cheval Blanc and is now at the Topa Tower Club, a private club in Oxnard. 6/24/10.
- Chef Laura De Martin is the Chef de Cuisine at TusCA. 6/24/10.
- Salvatore Ferrara and Gino Buonanoce have been appointed co-executive chefs of Antonello Ristorante. 6/22/10.
-breaking news - Ronnie Arnold is leaving hush next week and will be taking over at Hotel Menage in Anaheim. Patrick Ramsey will be taking over at hush. 05/10/10
-Thomas Tran - we hear that you have left Chimayo at the Beach - Where are you??? 10/27/09 Found him! He’s now overseeing kitchen operations for all four of Zov’s operations. 05/10/10
-Chef Jon Blackford is the new Executive Chef of Kimera Restaurant in Irvine, re-vamping their menu to feature “Modern American Comfort Food”. 05/06/2010
-Chef Brian Black started his new gig yesterday. Congratulations on the new Exec Chef position at Stonehill Tavern. Where did Chef Keogh go, anyone know? 03/02/2010
-We recently caught up with Chef Jason Pena this week. In Aug he left the Atrium Hotel, joined the Kyoto Grand Hotel in Los Angeles and is now moving on to the Hilton Glendale. 02/08/2010
-Chris Reischel took over the kitchen reigns at the Atrium. 02/06/2010
-Joe Youkhan is now at Savannah Chophouse, Laguna Niguel. 01/25/2010
-Chef Michael Rossi’s in Beverly Hills at Neiman Marcus and Chef Ryan Carson took over Ambrosia 01/15/2010
-Jimmy Schmidt partners with La Quinta Resort & Club to open Morgan’s in the Desert. Jeffrey Lunak is the resort chef. Anyone know where Jan Pfeiffer went? 11/09/09 We found Jan at the Wyndam Puerto Rico basking in the sun and enjoying every minute of it. 02/05/2010
-Chef Frank Miller is now the Executive Chef of the award winning Smokehouse Restaurant at Ponte Winery in Temecula. 2/02/10
-Jimmy Martinez previously of Silvera’s & Dolce is now Exec. Chef at The Factory Gastropub in Long Beach. 12/01/09
-Chef Joe Youkhan is now manning the kitchen at Chimayo at the Beach! 11/25/09
-Executive Chef Larry Banares has taken over the helm of the Queen Mary kitchens. 11/20/09
-Chef Don Schoenburg has departed Leatherby’s to open his own restaurant Lido Deck in Newport Beach. 11/14/09
-Thomas Tran - we hear that you have left Chimayo at the Beach - Where are you??? 10/27/09 Found him! He’s now overseeing kitchen operations for all four of Zov’s operations. 05/10/10
-Dave Shofner took over the kitchen from Mitch Gillan 10/06/09
-Stefano Chiarugi, the new Chef de Cuisine at Andrea at Pelican Hill who replaced Gianluca Re Fraschini at the end of September has an extensive (20 year) culinary background including positions at Encore Wynn Las Vegas, Osteria Del Circo at Bellagio and his own restaurant in the rolling hills in Tuscany 10/01/09
-Chris Hutten-formerly with Fleming’s and Blue Coral is set to open The Catch, scheduled to open Jan 2010, just blocks away from the original location 09/28/09
-Scott Green, sous chef at Salt Creek Grille, El Segundo will be taking over the kitchen at the Dana Point location. 09/25/09
-Scott Robbe is finishing up at Salt Creek Grille Dana Point and is heading off to Afghanistan to feed the troops. 09/25/09
-Mitch Gillan has left 75 Laguna Beach to oversee the special events venue Villa San Juan Capistrano 09/15/09
-Daniel Durfort is back in Pasadena at Cheval Blanc 09/15/09
-Veteran Chef David Coleman named executive chef of Michael’s on Naples - Long Beach 08/17/09
-Chef Noe Lorenzana now heads up the kitchen at Doubletree - City of Commerce 07/15/09
-We know you’ve been wondering - Mitch Gillan is firmly planted at 75 Laguna Beach (previously known as French 75) 07/11/09
-Joseph Tripi has taken the reigns in the kitchen at Luggatti’s in HB 07/13/09
-Award winning Chef Jesse Perez will lead the kitchen Fuego at Hotel Maya in Long Beach when it opens later this month 07/11/09
-Ronnie Arnold is back at Hush - can’t wait to get there! 06/10/09
-Edgar Agbayani is the new Executive Chef at Roy’s Newport Beach. Edgar hails from Roy’s Rancho Mirage. 06/05/09
-You can find Stephane Beaucamp in Hollywood at The Vermont.
-Louie Moya has taken on the kitchen at Manhattan Steak & Seafood in the space previously known as Manhattan Supper Club. 06/01/09
-Tony Maloof will be in Chef in charge of both the kitchen and F&B for the entire hotel AVIA opening this summer in Long Beach 04/07/09
-Dave Shofner has taken over the kitchen at The Bungalow in Corona del Mar
-Accomplished Author & Chef Deborah Schneider is getting ready for opening at Sol Cucina. 01/02/09
-The news below is slightly stale, but still true as far as we know.
-Chef Jason Pena has departed Specialty Restaurant Group and has taken the reigns at Waterfalls at the Atrium Hotel.
-Chef Thomas Ryan has relocated. He resigned his position with Pelican Grill and has taken over the helm at Big Canyon Country Club.
-Yves Fournier is anxiously awaiting the opening of Andréi’s in the City of Irvine. Chef has been with Hyatt Hotels for quite some time; First in Irvine at 6ix Park Grill and then as Executive Sous at the Hyatt Newport Beach.
-Chef Joseph Gotti previously of Patina’s Naples at Downtown Disney has taken over the kitchen at Da Vinci in Long Beach. We can’t wait to sample the new menu this month.
-Chef Don Schoenburg supervised the reopening of Leatherby’s Café Rouge last month. I know he’s looking forward to things calming down a bit once all the new menus etc. are instituted.
-Chef Lulu’s back from France and heating up the kitchen at Pinot Provence.
-Rumor has it that Chef Nick Weber has returned to the Patina group at Catal after a short stint with Mor Project at Blanca. Blanca has revamped their menu and now offers Mexican Food.
-ZMario has re-opened as iLounge. We’re still waiting to hear about the new Chef.
-Theo Ioannou has departed Waterfalls at the Atrium Hotel and has taken a Mon - Friday day job at Cedars- Sinai in Los Angeles.
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