Founded and built successful fine dining (Modern NW Cuisine), award winning restaurant from the ground up. An innovative Chef heavily involved in the day-to day operations and long term growth of the company and team. $1.6M annual revenue/30% Profit Margin/20 employees including Sous Chef. Accolades include, but not limited to:- James Beard Award Semifinalists for Rising Star Chef 2016- Andrew Harper 01/04/2018 - Golden Awards 2018: Best Restaurants, United States- Food & Wine - The Most Exciting Restaurant Openings of 2017- Forbes 09/29/2017- 5 New Places To Eat and Drink Really Well In Portland, Oregon

Modern PNW Cuisine - Sous Chef for Chef Justin Woodward (7x James Beard nominations), directing the FOH/BOH staff of 10+ with an annual revenue of $1.8M. Led all aspects of kitchen operations including, but not limited to, interviewing, ordering, menu development, service execution, budgeting, and developing structured departmental programs geared towards elevating the guest experience.- Key Team member in moving Castagna from #99 to #26 in Opinionated about Dining, establishing team cohesiveness and increasing employee morale by identifying and capitalizing on each individual’s strengths.

STAGIAIRE - Alinea, Chicago (modern/new American); Tru, Chicago (modern American); Guy Savoy, Las Vegas (French); Twist by Pierre Garnier, Las Vegas (French); Sage, Las Vegas (fine dining American); Moto, Chicago, (modern); Rue 127, New Orleans (modern/New Orleans); Green Zebra, Chicago (vegetarian, American); L20, Chicago, (seafood); The Barricelli Inn, Cleveland (Italian); Gigi’s Trattoria, New York (Italian).CONSULTING - Flour, Cleveland (Italian, FOH); Radius, Cleveland (BOH); Cleveland Racquet Club (BOH).

Unparalleled French Three Michelin Star restaurant, Winner of Forbes Five Star, AAA Five Diamond and Wine Spectator’s Grand Award. Working in collaboration with award Chef Joel Robuchon, the Executive Chef and multiple Sous Chefs, led and directed the efforts of 30 Cooks for this $MM annual revenue, high volume award winning restaurant. Key Team Member contributing to upholding standards and execution of all kitchen stations, resulting in achieving first year Three Star Michelin rating.

San Francisco Cuisine - Cook for award winning Chef Michael Mina, directing as Lead Cook for this high volume Fine Dining.