CO-FOUNDER, KNIFE PLEAT
WHY: Along with partner Tony Esnault opened in 2019 award-winning restaurant Knife Pleat that has earned a 1-Star Michelin review, the only such restaurant to do so in the 55-year history of the South Coast Plaza. Power couple in industry; prior Los Angeles restaurants, Church & State and Spring, were named to the late Jonathan Gold’s “101 Best Restaurants” in the Los Angeles Times.
IN THE NEWS: Second Michelin recognition for Knife Pleat in 2022.
QUOTABLE: OC diners “are far more sophisticated, they appreciate and understand what we are doing here. That’s very gratifying. We put a lot every day into what we do to make this theater come alive, so it’s nice when you have an audience that gets it. We love being here.”
