Chez Panisse, Berkeley : ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

Chez Panisse 1517 Shattuck Avenue Berkeley, California Tel: 510.548.5525 Website	Upstairs Café opened in 1980.The main dining room downstairs is referred to as "The Restaurant". A major electrical fire on March 8, 2013 required closure for renovations. Reopened late June 2013.
(1971 - )

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Back of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2016 - Present	Amy Dencler	Restaurant Co-chef
2015 - Present	Sara Low	Stagiaire
2012 - Present	Nathan Alderson	Café Chef
2012 - Present	Michael (Cal) Peternell	Restaurant Co-chef
2011 - 2016	Jerome Waag	Restaurant Co-chef
2010	Catheryn Arias	Stagiaire
2009	Emily Duclos	Stagiaire
2008 - 2009	Connie DeSousa	Intern
2008 - Present	Beth Wells	Café Co-chef
2007 - Present	Stacie Pierce	Pastry Co-chef
2006 - Present	Mia Ponce	Pastry Co-chef
--	Nico Monday	Cook
2005 - 2008	Leah Puidokas	Café Co-chef
2005 - 2006	Mia Ponce	Assistant Pastry Chef
2005 - 2010	Amelia O'Reilly	Line Cook Prep Cook Garde Manger
2004 - 2005	Anthony Cutajar	Line Cook
2003 - 2004	April Bloomfield	Line Cook
--	Leah Puidokas	Sous Chef
--	Arnon Oren	--
2002	Kyle Connaughton	Stagiaire
[2001 - 2003]	Alan Tangren	Pastry Co-chef
[2001 - 2005]	Kelsie Kerr	Chef Writer
2000 - 2017	Michael (Cal) Peternell	Café Co-chef
2000 - 2005	Brian Collins	--
2000 - 2003	Samin Nosrat	Line Cook
--	Charlie Hallowell	Chef
--	Pichet Ong	--
1999	Bruno Soleri	Chef de Partie
1997	Jeff Crump	Apprentice/Commis
--	Richard Blais	--
--	Jason Neroni	Stagiaire
1996 - 2006	Mary Canales	Pastry Chef
1996 - 2000	Amy Dencler Café	Grill Cook
1995 - 2006	Russell Moore Café Chef	Chef
1995 - 2000	Michael (Cal) Peternell	--
--	Robbie Lewis	--
1994 - 1995	Andrea Quinn	Internship
--	Theo Randall	--
[1992]	Kelsie Kerr	--
1991 - 1997	Alan Tangren	Forager
1990 - 1992	Suzanne Goin	--
1990 - 2012	Jean-Pierre Moullé November to May	Restaurant Co-chef
1988 - 1991	Catherine Brandel	Café Co-chef
1988 - 2003	Christopher Lee	Chef
1987	Chris McDonald	Chef or Executive Chef
--	Bruce Cost	Chef de Cuisine
--	Gilbert Pilgrim	--
1985 - 1996	Seen Lippert	--
[1983 - 2011]	David Tanis Mid-May to mid-November	Restaurant Co-chef
1983 - 1984	Catherine Brandel	Forager
1982 - 1992	Paul Bertolli	Restaurant Chef
1981 - 1983	Joyce Goldstein	Café Chef Manager
1981 - 1982	Mark Peel	--
1979 - 1997	Peggy Smith Upstairs Café	Chef Cook
1978 - 1980	Judy Rodgers	Cook
1978	Jonathan Waxman	--
--	Michel Troisgros	--
1975 - 1979	Mark Miller	Cook
1972 - 1978	Jeremiah Tower	Chef Co-owner/Partner
1972 - 1976	Willy Bishop	Cook Dishwasher
1971 - 1998	Lindsey Shere	Pastry Chef Co-owner/Partner
1971 - 1972	Victoria Wise Opening Chef	Chef
1971 - Present	Alice Waters	Chef & Owner
Front of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2006 - Present	Penny Dedel	General Manager
--	Penny Dedel	Assistant Manager
1999 - 2003	Joe Evans	Downstairs Cook
1985 - 2005	Gilbert Pilgram	Partner General Manager Chef

Last updated: 2017-05-23

Over the years the practice of splitting the time of the Restaurant Co-Chefs has varied. Some split the year, one chef working November to May and the other May to November, other co-chefs have split the week, one on site Monday to Wednesday the other Thursday to Sunday (See Inside Scoop).

Restaurant of the Year, James Beard Foundation (1992)
Top 40 Restaurants in the U.S., Gayot (1990)

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