Chef Magellan Moore: Mastro’s OceanClub – 5 Questions, 5 Minutes
You’re returning for your third year at OC Chef’s Table. What was your impression your very FIRST year? Chef Magellan Moore: It was amazing! Illumination Foundation did such a great job at connecting their chefs to the cause and showing everyone where their...
Chef Michael Rossi: The Ranch Restaurant & Saloon – 5 Questions, 5 Minutes
When did you discover the glory of cooking? Chef Michael Rossi: When I was a kid, my brother and I would fix taquitos or wontons before baseball practice. At the age of 8, I was Master of the Toaster Oven. It was a heady experience. But the real cookin’ happened at my...
Stephen LaFountain: Mastro’s Steakhouse – 5 Questions, 5 Minutes
Q: This will be your 5th year at OC Chef’s Table. Why do you keep returning? Chef Stephen LaFountain: There are other charities focused on homelessness, but Illumination Foundation has done such a great job focusing on families … children especially. I have...
Chef Joseph Tripi: Trevor’s at the Tracks – 5 Questions, 5 Minutes
When did you first get interested in cooking? My father’s side is 100% Sicilian, and my mother’s side is Russian-Polish, so I got to see a LOT of different kinds of cooking from my two grandmothers. But it wasn’t until I was 10th birthday –when I went to Benihana’s...