Don Yamauchi
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Don Yamauchi is an acclaimed chef having worked for over twenty years at “ the legendary Le Francais” in his native. Chicago.[1]
Yamacuchi’s father was Japanese-American father and Filipino mother.[2]
He attended Kendall College£Kendall Culinary College in Chicago. In 1989, he went to work for Carlos‘ Restaurant, a 3-sta restaurant in Highland Park, Illinois. Working under Roland Liccioni and Gabriel Viti, he became executive chef in eight years. By 2001, he replaced Jean Banchet at Le Français in Wheeling, Illinois. He went on to work at restaurants in Michigan and Missouri. As of 2022, he is the executive chef at Ameristar Casino in St.Charles, Missouri.[2][3]
He was named, in 1993, one of the Top 10 New Chefs in America by Food & Wine.[3]
References
- ^ "Chef Don Yamauchi, of the Legendary Le Francais, To Open Restaurant at Hotel 71, Chicago". Hotel Online. Hotel Online. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Chef Biography". Heat Chefs. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ a b Make, George (March 17, 2016). "Renowned Chef Don Yamauchi on Cooking, Culinary Awards, and Casinos". St. Louis Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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