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chef dennis jones jr.

Professional kitchens reward clarity. So does everything else.

Bio

Role: Assistant Chef — Vdara, Aria/Bellagio, MGM Resorts
Formerly: Master Cook, Giada · Executive Chef, Sockeye Saloon (AK) · Lucy's Lounge
Origin: taught to cook by a vegetarian sister; made permanent by a philosophy ethics assignment
Style: American comfort and bar food, rebuilt vegan/vegetarian — the familiar stuff, done differently
Known for: Pocket Monsters — one stuffed pocket, every cuisine: bacon grilled cheese to tikka masala
Author: The Book of the Fed — an occult cookbook. The dark arts are the hook; the food philosophy underneath is sincere. First printing of 150: sold out.