Table Turns

-- Restaurants & Institutions, November 1, 2009

Bob Barry

Chris Kronner

After serving as president and CEO for Minnetonka, Minn.-based Famous Dave's, Wilson L. Craft has joined Nashville, Tenn.-based O'Charley's as concept president. Wallace B. Doolin, former president and chief executive officer of Carlson Restaurants Worldwide, has joined Famous Dave's board of directors. ... Seattle-based Taco Del Mar named Rick Braa as the new CFO. ... Bob Barry, COO of Edgewater, Md.-based The Greene Turtle, was named to the Maryland Restaurant Association's board. ... Paul Schultz, president and COO of San Diego-based Jack in the Box, will retire in January. ... In Los Angeles, Tony Esnault is Patina's new executive chef. At the University of Southern California, Kris Klinger has stepped in as the director of hospitality. ... Robert Nichols is the new food and beverage director at Le Merigot, a JW Marriott property in Santa Monica, Calif. ... In San Francisco, Chris Kronner, formerly of Serpentine, now heads the kitchen at Bar Tartine. Jonnatan Leiva, formerly of now-shuttered Jack Falstaff, headed east to 10 Downing in New York City. ... In New York, Fabio Trabocchi is the new executive chef at the Four Seasons. Marco Canora has left Insieme to pursue plans to open a second Terroir location. James Donahue is now executive chef of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group's restaurants The Fitz and The Wheeltapper. ... Brian Lofink, formerly co-chef of Matyson in Philadelphia, has landed at The Sidecar, also in town. ... In Chicago, Shawn McClain has stepped down as executive chef at Custom House; Aaron Deal, formerly of Tristan in Charleston, S.C., is filling his spot. Patrick Fahy replaces Tim Dahl as pastry chef at Blackbird. Dahl's wife, Elizabeth Dahl, has left the pastry chef spot at Boka; Kate Neumann, formerly of Alinea, takes her position. Hans Lentz is executive chef for McCormick Place Catered Service Operations, a division of Chicago Restaurant Partners. ... In New Haven, Conn., Thomas Tucker has joined Yale Dining as the director of retail development. ... Rachael Budowle is the sustainability coordinator for Virginia Tech Housing and Dining Services in Blacksburg, Va.

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