Chef

Giorgio Rapicavoli is an acclaimed chef and owner of the wildly popular Eating House, as well as newly open Luca Osteria in Coral Gables. Born and raised in Miami, Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli has dedicated his career to championing Miami’s culinary scene and inflecting his Argentine and Italian heritage into the ...

FINKA Table & Tap / Amelia's 1931 / Barbakoa by FINKA Eileen Andrade grew up in the kitchen working alongside experienced chefs and her grandfather whom started their family business back in Cuba. After coming to Miami and opening one of the city’s most well known Cuban restaurants since 1977, ...

Known for her Maximum Flavor creations, Chef Adrianne Calvo is an acclaimed chef, author, television personality, and restaurateur. After graduating from Johnson & Wales University, Calvo studied under notable chefs across the country which inspired the opening of her namesake restaurant, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Wine Bar, 13 years ...

James Beard Award-winning chef-restaurateur Michael Schwartz’s philosophy is simple: The secret to good food is good food. Beloved by locals and visitors to Miami since 2007, Michael’s Genuine® Food & Drink set the bar for neighborhood dining with its menu based on simple preparations of seasonal ingredients and the atmosphere ...

Chef Justin Flit combines the best of classical training and high-profile experience of more than 16 years to create a uniquely South Florida approach to Italian food and seafood. With an early introduction to the culinary scene, Justin was exposed to the ins and outs of a restaurant kitchen at ...

A Miami native, Brian Nasajon was born into a family where a love of food and an appreciation of culinary arts were household values. Exposed to global flavors as a youngster, Nasajon’s favorite memories include observing his grandfather’s every move as he expertly grilled asado – a staple of any ...

Chef Niven Patel is closely identified with the cooking of Florida, his home state. Knowing what a strong influence he is on Miami’s dining scene, one might forget just how extensive his culinary background is. After culinary school, he worked with chef Dean Max in Fort Lauderdale, then took a ...

James Beard nominated chef/restaurateur and one of five 2014 Interactive Dinner celebrity chefs, José Mendín returns to VeritageMiami as the creative force behind our Bubbly Brunch menu. Born to parents with an appreciation for cuisine (and a great-grandmother who was a cooking instructor), Mendín didn’t discover his own love of ...

Recipient of the esteemed James Beard Award and Food & Wine Magazine Best New Chef, chef Fabio Trabocchi is widely celebrated among the world's leading restaurateurs. Originally from the Marche region on Italy’s Adriatic coast, Trabocchi has passionately pursued the goal of creating a world class hospitality organization offering the finest dining experiences in ...

Chefs Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth were born and raised in Niceville, Florida and in Perth, Australia respectively. After traveling the world and experimenting with different cultures and cuisines, the pair first worked together at the Miami-based restaurant Gigi, where McInnis became executive chef in 2010. In 2011, McInnis returned ...

Matador Room Jeremy Ford is the winner of Bravo's Top Chef season 13 and the chef de cuisine at one of Miami's most prominent restaurants, The Miami Beach EDITION’S Matador Room by Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Originally from Jacksonville, he first developed a love for cooking after meeting his maternal grandmother when ...

MC Kitchen Dena Marino’s refined taste comes from her many years spent under the tutelage of acclaimed chef and restaurateur, Michael Chiarello. Her culinary sophistication has earned her accolades from Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, La Cucina Italiana, Wine Spectator and the New York Post. She hails from Aspen, Colorado, ...

Ortanique on the Mile Cindy Hutson is a self-taught chef who developed a passion for cooking at the age of nine, and honed her skills through her teenage years. Named Chef of the Year by Chef Magazine in 2011 and Chef of the Year by Eater in 2012, Hutson and ...

Executive Chef Paula DaSilva The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale Since she first came on the South Florida dining scene in 2000, Chef Paula DaSilva has been a culinary darling; first as a rising star and later as an executive chef and one of the areas foremost talents in the realm of ...

The Federal Food, Drink & Provisions César Zapata is known as the “Stove Master and Pig Whisperer” of The Federal Food, Drink & Provisions. Before opening The Federal, Zapata changed the way South Floridians thought about food by opening Miami’s first pop-up restaurant, Phuc Yea!, in 2011. After its widespread ...

The Pubbelly Restaurant Group José Mendín is the director of culinary operations for The Pubbelly Restaurant Group, the team who many Miami foodies credit for the local chef movement. Mendín, a graduate of Johnson & Wales University, worked for many well-known restaurants including Nobu and Sushi Samba, before opening Pubbelly ...

HaVen South Beach Todd Erickson is the executive chef of HaVen South Beach on Lincoln Road, a futuristic electric lounge offering innovative cocktails and some of the most refined food in the city. At HaVen, Erickson takes local, organic ingredients and transforms them into a variety of global small plates ...

Bread + Butter Alberto Cabrera is the executive chef of Bread + Butter in Coral Gables, where the Miami native embraces his Cuban-American roots — taking traditional dishes and revamping them by adding a modern spin, such as his Chicharron De Puerco with a truffle-black bean puree. Cabrera learned the ...

Interactive Dinner, Friday, April 19, 2013 at the JW Marriott Marquis Miami A native of Lyon, France, today chef Daniel Boulud is considered one of America’s leading culinary authorities and one of the most revered French chefs in New York, the city he has called home since 1982. Daniel is ...