![]() ![]() Strings were pulled, emails sent, and plane tickets purchased, Jacovino says, "Ryan and I hung out, he took me to Holeman & Finch and Bacchanalia. ![]() I started when I was 17 and they taught me everything from garde manger to ice carving to butchering."Īs fate would have it, Jacovino met a friend of Empire State South's executive chef Ryan Smith while working at Mirbeau Inn and Spa in upstate New York. "I was taught by a group of old-school apprentices who founded a high school culinary program in Hershey, Penn. Jacovino earned the title of sous chef by the age of 19, despite never setting foot in culinary school. There are a lot of things I'd like to learn first before I'm an executive chef. A trait not commonly associated with chefhood, the Pennsylvania transplant nonetheless exhibits a healthy dose of humility.Ĭase and point: When asked if he's ready to be an executive chef, Jacovino answers no. His glance is sincere as he shifts in his seat with just a hint of uneasiness. It's one of those sunny fall days that makes you feel lucky you're in Atlanta. Kyle Jacovino sits down on Empire State South's Midtown patio. ![]() Stephanie Dazey talks to five guys who might just be tomorrow's culinary rock stars. Meet the backbones of some of the best kitchens in the city, cooks who are also quite likely the next generation of Atlanta chefs. These are guys who might not be quite ready to helm their own ships, but they know how to do just about every other part of a chef's job. Most sous chefs will tell you it's a case of all the work, none of the glory. The sous chef can be anything and everything in a kitchen, from a glorified line cook to the guy who actually writes the menu and runs the restaurant. A good chef is now not just a guy who can cook and run a kitchen - it's a man (or woman) who can be presented as a personality, the public personification of his food and restaurant.īut behind every great chef is a great sous chef. We watch them on TV, we talk and write endlessly about their talents and failures in these pages and beyond. It's old news that chefs are the new rock stars. ![]()
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