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| Executive Chef Chip Ulbrich by Suzanne Wright Chip Ulbrich brings his own acclaim to the city: He’s been featured in articles in Food & Wine, Travel and Leisure and Southern Living magazines, and was invited to be a guest chef at the James Beard House in 2001. He’s worked at some of the finest inns and restaurants in the United States, honing his skills for two decades in preparation. “I found The Fifth Group (owners of The Food Studio, La Tavola and Sala) on a professional Web site,” says Ulbrich. I was looking to move to Atlanta, having done what I wanted to do in Beaufort, S.C. I wanted to be more experimental in a hipper market that is more open to new ideas.” Originally from Woodstock, Vt., Ulbrich came to Atlanta to work at The Food Studio after a four-year stint as executive chef at the AAA four-diamond Beaufort Inn and Restaurant. He is also a veteran of the Mobil five-star Williamsburg Inn in Williamsburg, Va., and The Jenny Lake Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyo., another Mobil five-star resort hotel. He began his apprenticeship directly out of high school in 1980 with Rock Resorts Hotel Corporation and graduated in 1983 as a certified journeyman chef, after completing the American Culinary Federation Accredited Chef’s Apprenticeship program. Ulbrich’s strong background in American regional cuisine is tempered with classical training in “old school” continental cuisine as well as French, Italian, Spanish, Mexican and Asian. He is a member of the American Culinary Federation and the James Beard Foundation. His approach in taking over a well-established restaurant? Introduce signature dishes, tweak as needed, change the menu in stages, don’t take away favorites and don’t change for change’s sake. So far so good; He is finding his niche, trying special wine and ten-course tasting dinners to entice foodies while not alienating regulars. Married with four kids, Ulbrich resides in Smyrna and is an avid woodworker. “It’s my therapy,” he says with a laugh. |
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