About the Author
Charlie Palmer is the award-winning chef who is known for Aureole in NYC and Las Vegas, Charlie Palmer Steak in DC, Boston, and Las Vegas, among 14 restaurants he owns, in addition to two hotels in California. He has established a growing collection of food-forward wine shops, a group of award-winning boutique hotels, currently in California, and he has mentored some of the most creative of America’s new chefs such as the Voltaggio brothers, Michael Mina, and Gerry Hayden. He has recently introduced his first fast-casual restaurant DG (Damn Good) Burger in the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California. Charlie is also an ongoing guest on NBC’s Today show as well as frequently seen on other national television shows.