His strong culinary background was attained on the West Coast. He was most recently executive sous chef at the acclaimed AQUA in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas after working at the original AQUA in San Francisco for five years. He was also opening chef at Charles Nob Hill in San Francisco (three stars, San Francisco Chronicle) after leaving Manhattan’s China Grill. Many will remember him as the sous chef at Nick & Toni’s during the summer of 1997
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