Michael Hutchings

Michael Hutchings

Michael Hutchings (born 1949) is a professional chef who is best known as the chef/owner of Michael's Waterside in Santa Barbara, California,[1] appearances with Julia Child on the PBS cooking program Dinner at Julia's and on Cox Television with Jeanne Berg's Cooking Local program.

Biography

Like many other contemporary American chefs, Michael Hutchings took a job in a restaurant to work his way through college. An accomplished flutist, he planned a musical career. But in the kitchen of Disneyland at the private Club 33, he was apprenticed to Chef Rudolph Stoy and Michael's priorities changed. Michael Hutchings eventually became executive chef of Club 33, then worked under several Los Angeles chefs including James Sly at La Serre (formerly Chef/Owner at Lucky's in Santa Barbara, California), Jean Grodin, executive chef of L'Orangerie, Los Angeles.

The result was Michael's Waterside in Santa Barbara. During ten years of operation, Michael's Waterside was recognized as a leader in contemporary California-French cuisine. Chef Michael has been called a legend in the March 2007 edition of Seasons magazine for his role in bringing modern cuisine to Santa Barbara in the early 1980s.

After selling the Michael's Waterside in 1993, Chef Michael Hutchings hung his toque at the Santa Barbara Polo Club, Bank of America executive dining room, the Tower Club in Charlotte, Kaiser Grill and St. James in Palm Springs. Chef Michael currently oversees a food consulting and service business in Santa Barbara.

Hutchings is married to Christine Dahl, also a chef.[2]

Career highlights

  • Michael's Waterside listings in Mobile Guide, AAA Guide, Zagat Guide, Gault Millau
  • Travel Holiday Award 1985 to 1992, award discontinued
  • Distinguished Restaurant of North America Award 1993
  • Press credits with Time Magazine, Gourmet Magazine, Bon Appetit, Chocolatiere and others
  • Guest Chef at Beard House in New York 1986 and 1990
  • Guest Chef at Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park
  • Special Event Coordinator for KCBX public radio at Hearst Castle Historical Monument
  • Chef Coordinator for Central Coast Wine Auction 1992-1997
  • Guest Chef at "Merci Julia" event celebrating Julia Child's 80th birthday in 1992
  • Appeared on Dinner at Julia's video magazine with Julia Child
  • Charitable fund raising for Red Cross, United Way, Cancer Society, Juvenile Diabetics
  • Cooking video on CNN, NBC, and in France, Germany and Japan
  • Julia Child's 40th Anniversary on PBS Beef Bourguignonne event, 2003 with the [AIWF]
  • Guest chef at Hearst Castle for the Central Coast Wine Classic 2006

References


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