{"id":53462,"date":"2022-08-23T03:44:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T03:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bay-area-chef-to-leave-his-3-michelin-star-restaurant-manresa\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T03:44:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T03:44:13","slug":"bay-area-chef-to-leave-his-3-michelin-star-restaurant-manresa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bay-area-chef-to-leave-his-3-michelin-star-restaurant-manresa\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area chef to leave his 3 Michelin star restaurant, Manresa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated chef David Kinch is tying loose ends at his three Michelin-starred restaurant, Manresa, before his pending departure at the end of the year.  <\/p>\n<p>Kinch made the announcement in a lengthy Instagram post on Monday, indicating that his last day is Dec.  31 at the Los Gatos restaurant.  Bloomberg first reported the news on Kinch&#8217;s leave.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"paywall\">\n<p>\u201cManresa has essentially been my whole life for the past 20 years,\u201d Kinch wrote on Instagram.  \u201cAnd like all passion projects, it has been more challenging and more rewarding than I could have imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- hearst\/article\/content\/embed.tpl --><\/p>\n<section class=\"article--content-embed inline-iframe\" data-eid=\"item-96744\">\n                        <!-- amp-exco-0cac96ac-a929-4594-a72a-1d12cb6cc155 --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/article\/content\/embed.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>Partner Jenny Yun is expected to take over the reins on Jan.  1, 2021, in Kinch&#8217;s absence, according to an Instagram post shared by the restaurant.  Moreover, the post suggested that Kinch may continue to collaborate with Manresa in some capacity.  SFGATE reached out for comment but did not hear back by publication.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Missed: ad --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Missed: ad --><\/p>\n<p>The chef-owner told Bloomberg that he worries about the future of fine dining restaurants.  Kinch believes fine dining establishments are headed in the direction of high-end counter restaurants with tasting menus starting at $450 per person, Bloomberg reports.  (Manresa currently offers a tasting menu of $365 per guest.) In addition to a price hike, Kinch said that he anticipates that fine dining restaurants will continue to be more exclusive.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Missed: ad --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the wage gap continues to increase, all this democratization that&#8217;s gone on in last 20 years,\u201d Kinch told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"article--content-inline\">\n<aside class=\"zone\"><!-- src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e src\/business\/widgets\/hearst\/collection\/widget.tpl --><\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Manresa opened in 2002 in Los Gatos and earned two Michelin stars by 2007 and the third star in 2016. Along the way, Kinch earned other accolades including Chef of the Year in 2011 by GQ Magazine and Best Chef, Pacific in 2010 by the James Beard Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Missed: ad --><\/p>\n<p>In his Instagram post, Kinch shared that he plans to devote more time to his other Bay Area businesses, Manresa Bread bakery and The Bywater restaurant, and his Santa Cruz County restaurant, Mentone in 2023. Moreover, he wants to spend more time on \u201c new pursuits, and revisit long-neglected passions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- templates\/design\/card\/default.tpl --><br \/>\n<!--\/.card--><br \/>\n<!-- e templates\/design\/card\/default.tpl --><\/p>\n<section id=\"articleBottom\" class=\"article--content-zone bottom\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated chef David Kinch is tying loose ends at his three Michelin-starred restaurant, Manresa, before his pending departure at the end of the year. Kinch made the announcement in a lengthy Instagram post on Monday, indicating that his last day is Dec. 31 at the Los Gatos restaurant. 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