David Kinch was born on April 4,1961 and is an American chef and restaurateur.
13 Facts About David Kinch
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David Kinch owned and operated Manresa, a restaurant in Los Gatos, California, which was awarded three Michelin stars in 2016.
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David Kinch opened a second restaurant in Los Gatos, called The Bywater, on January 12,2016.
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David Kinch is dean at the International Culinary Center, founded as the French Culinary Institute in 1984.
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David Kinch is a winner of the Best Chef in America award for the Pacific region from the James Beard Foundation as well as GQ's Chef of the Year for 2011.
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David Kinch began his career in New York City at the Hotel Parker Meridian, and later held an executive Chef position at La Petite Ferme.
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David Kinch then made his way to the Hotel Clio Court restaurant in Fukuoka, Japan, returning to Northern California to work in the kitchens of San Francisco's Silks and Ernie's restaurants.
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David Kinch spent two more years in Europe with Dieter Muller at the two star restaurant Schweizer Stuben in Wertheim, Germany; with Marc Meneau, at the three-star restaurant L'Esperance in St Pere-sous-Vezeley, Burgundy, France; and at Pedro Subijana's Akelarre in San Sebastian, Spain.
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David Kinch opened his first restaurant, the bistro-style Sent Sovi, with Aimee Hebert in Saratoga, California in 1995.
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David Kinch purchased the former Village House restaurant location, writing that he was encouraged by chef Thomas Keller to buy a building while retrieving a forgotten wine bag at the French Laundry restaurant in Napa Valley, where Kinch had dined the night before.
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In October 2013, David Kinch published a 328-page cookbook, Manresa: An Edible Reflection, with Christine Muhlke.
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David Kinch appeared as a guest judge along with award-winning sommelier Andre Mack on episode 4 of season 1 of the ABC reality show The Taste, which aired on February 12,2013.
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David Kinch appeared as a guest judge on seasons 11 and 15 of Top Chef.