David Myers is an American
chef, television personality, and
restaurateur. Myers is based in Los Angeles, but works in his restaurants in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Dubai.
Biography
David Myers was born in
Boston
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, grew up in
Cincinnati
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.
Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Myers worked for
Charlie Trotter
Charles Trotter (September 8, 1959 – November 5, 2013) was an American chef and restaurateur
A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a ...
in Chicago and
Daniel Boulud
Daniel Boulud (born 25 March 1955 in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu) is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Toronto, Montréal, Singapore, the Bahamas, the Berkshires and Dubai. He is best known f ...
in New York City.
in 2002, Myers opened his first restaurant Sona in Los Angeles, which went on to earn a Michelin star.
In 2003,
Food & Wine magazine
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awarded Myers the “Best New Chef” award.
Along with accolades such as James Beard nominations for Rising Star Chef and Best Chef – Pacific in 2008 and 2009, and Restaurant of the Year by Angeleno magazine.
Myers subsequently opened Pizzeria Ortica in Costa Mesa; French bistro Comme Ҫa in Los Angeles and Las Vegas; the David Myers Café in Tokyo; Sola, a patisserie in Tokyo; and Hinoki & The Bird in Los Angeles. Myers has also opened Adrift in Singapore, Salt Water in Tokyo, AnOther Place in Hong Kong, Salt Water Kitchen in Nagoya; and 72 Degrees in Ginza. In 2017, Myers opened BASTA!, Bleu Blanc and Poppy at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Dubai.
Myers has made numerous television appearances on shows such as
Iron Chef America,
The Today Show
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, The Early Show, MSNBC's Your Business, Top Chef, Master Chef US, Master Chef China and Hell's Kitchen.
Myers was previously married to pastry chef Michelle Myers, who had worked at their pastry shop Boule in Los Angeles.
Restaurants
Active
* Hinoki + the Bird,
Century City, Los Angeles (2013– )
* Adrift by David Myers, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore (2015– )
* Adrift, Tokyo, Japan (2019– )
* Adrift Burger Bar, Venice Beach, Los Angeles (2020– )
* AnOther Place, Hong Kong (2016– )
* Salt Water by David Myers (formerly Salt Water Kitchen),
Nagoya
is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
, Japan
Closed
References
External links
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American chefs
American male chefs
Living people
American restaurateurs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Chefs from Los Angeles
People from Cincinnati