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Key Players CHEF CHRISTIAN MESSIER, Executive Chef, The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View Chef Messier integrates 15 years of culinary experience into creating the contemporary American cuisine at The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View. Chef Messier maintains the seasonality of The Sun Dial's menu by incorporating the finest ingredients with his own creative flair. Chef Messier came to The Sun Dial from The Renaissance Grand Downtown St. Louis-Convention Hotel where he was chef for almost two years. Prior to that, Chef Messier served as sous chef at The Phoenician, a five-star, five-diamond, world-class resort in Scottsdale, AZ. He began his career at the award-winning Country Club of the South in Alpharetta. To contact Chef Messier, call 404-659-1400 or email christian.messier@westin.com. AWNEET KAUR, Restaurant Manager, The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View Kaur brings more than 15 years of leadership and restaurant management experience to her role at the Sun Dial. Her responsibilities include managing the day-to-day business and back-of-house operations as well as overseeing a staff of 100. To contact Awneet Kaur, call (404-589-5393) or email awneet.kaur@westin.com. CHEF THIERRY GRODET, Executive Chef, The Westin Peachtree Plaza Executive Chef Thierry Grodet brings his vast knowledge of the hotel restaurant industry and culinary skills to The Westin Peachtree Plaza. Chef Grodet comes to The Westin Peachtree Plaza from the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Florida, where he spent three years as the executive sous chef. Grodet developed his culinary skills in different gastronomic restaurants in his native France, including the Hotel Royal Club Evian and Hotel Lesdigueres Grenoble. In 1986, he moved to Miami to work as sous chef at the Hotel Sofitel. Grodet subsequently owned and operated A Tour of France restaurant in Miami before negotiating a profitable sale in 1991 and moving on to the InterContinental Hotel in Miami as chef de cuisine. Grodet attended Ecole Hoteliere de Nice and Grenoble and received the highest degree in France for business administration and cost control, and the equivalent of a bachelor's degree in hotel management. He brings his expertise in French contemporary cuisine to the Westin's menus and his management skills to the kitchen staff. To contact Chef Grodet, call 404-659-1400 or email thierry.grodet@westin.com. CHEF KHOI V. NGUYEN, Pastry Chef, The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View Renowned for his masterful dessert creations, Pastry Chef Khoi V. Nguyen has been commissioned to make some of the most important pastries in Atlanta's history, including a Fulton County stadium-shaped cake for the Braves' World Series team, a cake replica of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, and the cake for the city's 150th birthday. Chef Nguyen has worked at The Westin Peachtree Plaza since it opened in 1976, and he has grown with the hotel. His career as a pastry chef officially began when he worked in the pastry shop of the hotel, where he fell in love with the entire creative process. Eventually, he became an apprentice to the pastry chef, and in 1980, he was recruited by the Omni International Hotel to work in their pastry department. Nguyen was reunited with The Westin Peachtree Plaza in 1982, and he has since remained the pastry chef for The Westin Peachtree Plaza and The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View. To contact Chef Khoi V. Nguyen, email khoi.nguyen@westin.com. GEORGE MARINOV, Bar Manager, The Sun Dial Restaurant, Bar & View Marinov brings 10 years of leadership and restaurant management experience to the Sun Dial. Marinov's responsibilities include managing the day-to-day front-of-house operations, implementing staff incentive programs, coaching and training for the Sun Dial. He assists the execution of special events and banquets. Marinov most recently served as assistant manager for Dante's Down the Hatch in Atlanta and prior to that, he was manager of Odessos Café in Varna, Bulgaria. A native of Varna, Marinov studied finance at Varna University of Economics. He owned and operated two Tonino coffee shops in Varna during the 90s and promoted international and local brands such as Coca-Cola, Nescafe, Panasonic and many others throughout Bulgaria. To contact George Marinov, call (404-589-7768) or email gueorgui.marinov@westin.com. |
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