Open-minded, adventurous and a good friend to all, Executive Chef Doug Stehle has reinvented what healthy eating means with Cavé Bistro. Originally from Cedar Grove, Stehle moved to Point Pleasant as a young adult. “I was meant to live at the shore; I’m really not a North Jersey guy.” The youngest of three, Doug lost …
Experienced, inviting, artistic and eclectic, Executive Chef Scott Giordano, owner of the Poached Pear Bistro in Point Pleasant, has a huge following of sophisticated diners who enjoy his inventive New American cuisine. Chef Scott says he knew from the time he was 5 years old, watching both of his grandmothers cook in his Park Ridge …
Well-known for his high standards of quality ingredients, sophistication and modernized fine dining, four-star chef Nicholas Harary began working in a kitchen at age 11. “I knew from an early age that I wanted to use food as a way to express myself,” he said. Following culinary school, he worked for some of the country’s …
Driving, tireless and artful, Chef Mark Longo is the definition of “going hard.” From May through October, it’s not uncommon for Chef Mark to be working 14-hour days, seven days a week. He cooks for Lavalette’s The Channel Marker, Lobster Dock, The Lavelette Yacht Club, and with the newest Lobster Dock in Seaside, he’s only …
Well-respected and humble, Andrew “Drew” Araneo has been showcasing his bold side for the last 18 years at Drew’s Bayshore Bistro. Born in Union Beach, Drew is a proud graduate of the Culinary School at Brookdale. He interned at Long Branch’s famous Joe and Maggie’s Bistro on Broadway. His other credits include Whispers at Spring …
He’s a well-known chef, restauranteur, author and television personality. Victor Rallo has enjoyed 42 years in the industry he loves. Rallo’s popular area restaurants – Birravino, Undici, Surf Bar and Grille, and Pastavino – have a steady, devoted following. Drawing on his love of Italian ingredients and his Sicilian heritage, Rallo notched five seasons as …
If ever oh ever a wiz there was, it’s internationally heralded culinary prankster Chef David Burke. Hazlet born and a world-traveled master chef, Burke is an Atlantic Highlands resident who never forgets his humble roots. He went to Raritan High School in Hazlet, then onto graduate the Culinary Institute of America and Ecole Lanotre School …
Accomplished, handsome and 100 percent full of Irish spirit, Chef Conor Powell of Red Bank’s Dublin House is a culinary powerhouse with a snappy wit and an incredible pedigree and career. He is originally from Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland, where his family owned restaurants. He graduated from the Royal Culinary Institute of London which recommended …
