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REGIONAL CHEFS
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ROSS ESSNER
Executive Chef, Columbus Inn, Wilmington, DE. Past: Co-Owner of Django, kitchens in
France, Spain, Italy, and England. Columbus Inn won a Best of Delaware award for best
restaurant revival in 2011.

DOMINIC FAUSER
Executive Chef, Chelsea Tavern, Wilmington, DE. Past: Washington Street Ale House.

ANDREW FEELEY
Executive Chef, Eden Restaurant, Rehoboth Beach, DE. Past: Hotel du Pont, Deux Chiminee, World Café Live, Bistro M, 821, Domaine Hudson. Service: William Penn High School
culinary board, Rehoboth Inspired Chef Initiative member.
ERICA FERGUSON
Co-Pastry Chef and Assistant Manager, Montrachêt Fine Foods and Centreville Café,
Centreville, DE. Past: Hotel du Pont, Harry’s Savoy Grill & Ballroom, Liz Marden Bakery &
Café, and The Flavour of Britain.
ROBERT FRATTICCIOLI
Executive Chef, Hilton Wilmington/ Christiana, Christiana, DE. Past: La Truffe, Hyatt
Regency Princeton, Cherry Hill and Penn’s Landing, Michael Patrick’s Brassierie, Wine
and Wi-Fi Lounge, Bean and Bread, and Lillie’s Red Sushi.

PAUL GALLO
Chef, Abbott’s Grill, Milford, DE. Past work includes kitchens at a number of western
Florida resorts.

LION GARDNER
Executive Chef, The Blue Moon, Rehoboth Beach, DE. He rose from executive chef to
part owner at The Blue Moon in 2008, receiving the Cornerstone Award from the Delaware Restaurant Association in 2011.
MATT HALEY
Chef Owner, Matt Haley Companies, Rehoboth Beach, DE, has been named Humanitarian of the Year by the James Beard Foundation for 2014. He produced the documentary
“Hands of Harvest” about the men and women in the crabbing industry.
TOM HANNUM
Chef Owner, Buckley’s Tavern, Wilmington, DE. Past: Le Bec Fin, Ente Vom Lehel,
and Hotel du Pont, a AAA Four Diamond Award winner. He has cooked for three US
Presidents and the King and Queen of Sweden, and has been a guest chef at the James
Beard House.
DANA HERBERT
Executive Pastry Chef, Desserts by Dana, Bear, DE, and Chef, Delaware River and Bay
Authority. Winner of Cake Boss: The Next Great Baker, 2010. Top Ten All-Time Desserts,
James Beard Celebrity Chef Tour.

WILLIAM HOFFMAN
Owner, The House of William & Merry, Hockessin, DE. Past: Eclipse, Columbus Inn,
Bistro on the Brandywine, and Hotel du Pont.

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