Greg Biggers
Last updated: May 18, 2013
Contact Information
- greg.biggers@sofi...
- Greg_Biggers
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- Hometown
- Florence, Alabama
- Current City
- Chicago
Title(s)
Summary
Chef Greg Biggers’ Contemporary French menu celebrates Café des Architectes’ French heritage while offering guests a sophisticated dining experience. Biggers maintains purposeful relationships with both local and national farmers, staying true to his mission to provide the best product by using organic and sustainable items whenever possible. Biggers attended the prestigious Johnson & Wales University in Charleston, South Carolina and has refined his culinary skills at some of the country’s top restaurants including McCrady’s in Charleston, South Carolina; TRU in Chicago; and Morimoto in Philadelphia before arriving at Sofitel Chicago Water Tower. Here, he oversees all aspects of the property’s dining operations, including Café des Architectes and Le Bar.
Cuisine(s)
French (New) and Japanese
Work Experience: Culinary
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Café des Architectes
Title: Executive Chef
Employment: Current -
Cafe des Architectes
Title: Executive Chef
Chef: Me
Cuisine: Contemporary French
Notes:
Employment: Jan 2011 - Present -
Fulton's on the River
Title: Executive Chef
Chef: Myself
Cuisine: Modern American steakhouse
Notes:
Employment: Jan 2010 - Jan 2011 -
Tramonto's Steak and Seafood/ RT lounge
Title: Executive chef
Chef: Myself
Cuisine: Modern American steakhouse
Notes:
Was on opening staff
Employment: Jan 2006 - Jan 2009 -
Morimoto
Title: Executive sous chef
Chef: Masaharu morimoto
Cuisine: Modern japanese
Notes:
Employment: Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 -
TRU
Title: Chef de partie
Chef: Rick Tramonto
Cuisine: Contemporary French
Notes:
Employment: Jan 2004 - Jan 2005 -
McCrady's
Title: Sous chef/private dining chef
Chef: Michael kramer
Cuisine: Modern american
Notes:
Employment: Apr 2000 - Jan 2004 -
Blossom cafe
Title: Baker
Chef: Donald Barrickman
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Notes:
Employment: Apr 1998 - Jan 2000
Culinary Education
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Johnson and wales
Did not graduate
Culinary arts.
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University of North Alabama
Did not graduate
Photography
I wanted to be a history teacher at one point as well as a national geographic photographer
I had a full ride scholarship for photography that I threw away and enter the fabulous life of a professional cook
Behind the Line: Greg Biggers
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Background (26% complete)
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Off the Clock (1% complete)
Dining and drinking, home and hobbies, vacations and volunteering… the pros take time off