Gordon Naccarato is a partner in the Naccarato Restaurant Group. He acts as Executive Chef and Vice President of the corporation and oversees all food operations and the hiring, training, and management of the kitchen staff.
Gordon Naccarato is a partner in the Naccarato Restaurant Group. He acts as Executive Chef and Vice President of the corporation and oversees all food operations and the hiring, training, and management of the kitchen staff.
Gordon has a 29-year career as an Executive Chef and restaurant owner. During his restaurant career he has worked with some of the most talented chefs across the country, in restaurants in Los Angeles, Aspen, Miami, and New York City.
Gordon has cooked for sitting Supreme Court Justices of the United States, and was honored to cook for Robert Kennedy’s widow Ethel Kennedy. He cooked many vegetarian meals on request for Michael Jackson, and cooked for Neil Diamond’s annual Labor Day Party, at the singer’s beach house in Malibu Colony 5 years in a row. He has also cooked for titans in the business and publishing world such as Billionaire Rupert Murdoch, and Donald and Ivana Trump.
After Gordon left Aspen, he became chef at the infamous Monkey Bar in Los Angeles, owned by Jack Nicholson and Eagles Drummer Don Henley. The “global menu is the star of this remarkable hang out” (Ruth Reichl GOURMET MAGAZINE) and “Gordon’s ‘Lobster Tacos’ and ‘3-Alarm Risotto’ are as famous as the celebrities that pack the place.” (LOS ANGELES TIMES); “Gordon is a genius in the kitchen” (LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE).
Gordon’s recipes appear in countless books and magazines from around the world. He appears in the PBS series THE GREAT CHEFS OF THE WEST, preparing several of his signature specialties.
