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Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Although he is knee deep in this new venture, his ultimate dream is to be a restaurateur with different projects under his name, very much like his role model Chef Joachim Splichal who turned his first restaurant, Patina, …

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Q & A With New Patina Chef Tony Esnault: What He Cooks for Joachim

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

After searching for nearly a year to find the right chef to helm Patina, his downtown flagship restaurant, Joachim Splichal appointed Tony Esnault to the position just over a month ago. The 38 year-old Frenchman is from Saumur, …

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A Q & A With Patina Chef Tony Esnault, Part 2: Whisks, Tweezers

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

It took Patina founder and owner Joachim Splichal nearly a year to find the right chef for his flagship restaurant in downtown’s Disney Hall–the kitchen is sound-proofed to isolate the noise from the concert hall–after Theo …

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Five Signature Restaurants to Open at Encore : VegasNews.com – Las

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Joining the team are Theo Schoenegger, of four-star Patina in Los Angeles; Jet Tila, a nationally recognized chef and expert in Asian cuisine; Marc Poidevin, formerly executive chef of Le Cirque at the Bellagio and most recently Wynn’s …

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Eric the Epicure: FACES: Tony Esnault, New Executive Chef at Patina

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Last month, all of L.A. was buzzing about the appointment of a new executive chef at Patina. After a year of searching, restaurateur Joachim Splichal had finally found his man…courtesy of an alfresco lunch with famed chef Alain …

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New Year's Dining: Put a Fork in 2009 – Los Angeles Buzz – Zagat

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Comme Ça: If you’re feeling like a Gallic celebration, consider spending the evening at this West Hollywood French, where chef David Myers is offering a four-course prix fixe for $95 during seatings from 5–11 PM (323-782-1104). … Patina: Joachim Splichal’s Downtown New American gets started early with a three- or four-course seating from 4:40–6:30 PM ($85 per person for three courses; $95 for four), followed by a gala seating from 7:30–10 PM ($160 for six courses). …

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Expert Picks: Chef Joachim Splichal on Citysearch®

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Originally from the small village of Spaichingen, Germany, Joachim Splichal has built a restaurant empire around Los Angeles–and the country–that includes Patina, among other French bistro-style …

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tila goes vegas: another la chef will take up…

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

tila joins fellow angeleno, patina’s exec chef theo schoenegger, who will open theo’s, and chefs mark lorusso, sam demarco and marc poidevin. the resort and all its restaurants will open later this year or early next. [daily …

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Flourish Baking Company

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Diane and Michael trained early on with several prominent chefs—she with Alfred Portale and David Burke; he with Joachim Splichal and Claude Segal. Later, they each traveled to France to further their culinary education and worked with mentors Michel Bras, … Returning home, Michael became executive chef at Patina in Los Angeles and Thalia in Manhattan. Diane opened Verbena in New York City as Chef-Proprietor and later, a wine bar called Bar Demi. She wrote a cookbook, …

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Buzz: dineLA's LA Chef Family Tree «

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Evan Kleiman, Hans Rockenwagner and Nobu Matsuhisa are at the tree’s core, while Karen and Quinn Hatfield, David Myers, and John Sedlar – their roots traceable to Bastide, Patina and L’Orangerie – make up the growing crop of chefs who …

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