Chef Linda Harrell brings more than 20 years of excitement creating magnificent Italian cuisine fto Cibo e Beve. Harrell received her culinary foundation and formal European training working with acclaimed Chef Daniel Yves Abid, a protégé of Alain Ducasse, at Kingsmill Resorts in Williamsburg, Virginia. She then hit her stride at Les Clos de Marchands in Williamsburg where she worked as Executive Chef for five years. Not only did Harrell build an exceptional following of guests, but she was featured as one of Williamsburg Magazine’s “Top Ten Culinary Wizards.”
For the next eight years, Harrell worked as Executive Chef at the acclaimed Italian restaurant, Trattoria Toscana in Baltimore, MD, where she made virtually every product by hand, including the fresh pastas, breads, and desserts. It was here that her passion for Tuscan influenced Italian cuisine blossomed and Harrell knew that this was the direction she wanted her culinary career to take.
Harrell then brought her skills and passion for Italian cuisine to Atlanta, where she was the opening Chef deCuisine at the popular Buckhead eatery Antica Posta. She held this position for two years until the owners of Atlanta-based 101 Concepts Restaurant Group spotted her exceptional culinary talents and hired her as Executive Chef of their new Italian Concept, Mangia 101.
Located in Brookhaven, Mangia 101 focused on creating innovative Italian cuisine, and became a popular restaurant drawing crowds from all parts of the Atlanta Metropolitan area. Chef Harrell wowed audiences for more than three years at Mangia 101, and when the restaurant eventually closed the 101 Concepts partners knew they needed to keep Harrell high up on their roster of talented chefs and made her the Culinary Director of their wildly popular group of Meehan’s Public House restaurants. Although she’s been in this position for the past four years, there have always been plans to showcase Harrell’s craft by launching a dynamic Italian restaurant.
With more than two decades of expertise and ardent enthusiasm behind her, Harrell has cooked at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City and was featured on the national ABC-TV show, “Eat & Greet.” She has been featured in numerous periodicals such as Gourmet Magazine, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, Flavors, and Atlanta Magazine. She is a member of Les Dames d’ Escoffier International and actively participates in demonstrations and benefits throughout Atlanta.
Follow her on Twitter: @lharrell
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