“There is always something new around the corner!” That's the mantra of Chef Vid Lutz. He's a chef who doesn't like to be put into a box, or painted into a corner. The grandchild of Latvian immigrants, Chef Vid first discovered how comforting food could be in his grandmother's kitchen. That comfort came in the form of Speka Piragi- Latvian Bacon rolls. The soft dough with crispy, salty bacon and sauteed onions folded in embodied feelings of warmth and care.
As a chef, he seeks to provide those same comforting feelings with his food, and cooks wherever that takes him. That might mean classical French or Italian cuisine. It might mean adding global flavor twists to traditional dishes. For Chef Vid, it's an ever-evolving process. “I have grown to understand food more fully,” he explains, “and what it means to extract the very essence of an ingredient and create flavors that are intense and distinctive.”
Homemade double chocolate-chocolate chip ice cream.
Minor’s® Cilantro Lime Flavor Concentrate
Corporate Executive Chef
Johnson & Wales College; BS Foodservice Management
Johnson & Wales College; AOS Culinary Arts
Le Moulin De Mougins – trained under Chef Roger Vergé
James Beard – Dinner
Bocuse D’Or Finalist 2000
DiRoNA
NRA Product Innovation Award
Certified Executive Chef ACF certification