Michael Mina
The French Laundry
Professional Record
2002 – Present
Chef, founder and executive chairman
MINA Group (restaurant group, various venues)
2002 – Present
Chef, founder, and executive chairman; executive chef at namesake restaurants
MINA Group (various restaurants, including MICHAEL MINA, San Francisco and Las Vegas)
2000 – Present
Chef-Owner
1999 – Present
Chef-Owner
1990 – Present
Chef-Owner
1993 – 2002
Executive chef
1990 – 1999
Trained at
1990 – 1993
Chef de cuisine
1989 – 1990
Cook under Executive Chef George Morrone
Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
1988 – 1989
Cook
Tribeca Grill, New York City
1988 – 1989
1987 – 1988
Kitchen staff (busy restaurant line cook)
Space Needle restaurant, Seattle, Washington
1987 – 1988
Cook (weekend kitchen position while studying)
1987 – 1989
Cook / weekend kitchen staff under Charlie Palmer
1987 – 1987
Line cook (busy restaurant kitchen)
Restaurant at the Space Needle, Seattle, Washington
1984 – 1986
Garde manger / kitchen assistant (dishwasher, bus boy, prep cook)
Unnamed small French restaurant, Ellensburg, Washington
1984 – 1986
Garde manger / dishwasher / busboy / prep cook (entry-level kitchen positions)
Unnamed small French restaurant, Ellensburg, Washington
Worked Alongside
at Bourbon Steak, MINA Group (various restaurants, including MICHAEL MINA, San Francisco and Las Vegas)
at Michael Mina
at Aqua, San Francisco
at Aqua, San Francisco
at The French Laundry
at The French Laundry
at Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles
at Michael Mina
at The French Laundry
at Aureole, New York City
at Aqua, San Francisco
at Bourbon Steak
at The French Laundry
at Aqua, San Francisco
at Aqua, San Francisco
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