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Person · the late Chef Michael Chiarello, founder (2008)

Michael Chiarello

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Michael Chiarello (1962–2023), a Culinary Institute of America graduate raised in California's Central Valley, became executive chef of Tra Vigne in St. Helena in 1987 and remained there until 2001, in the process becoming a defining figure in Napa Valley Italian cooking. In 2008 he opened Bottega in Yountville as founding chef-owner, later adding Ottimo in Yountville and Coqueta in San Francisco and Napa, alongside the NapaStyle retail venture and Chiarello Family Vineyards. He was also a cookbook author and an Emmy-winning television host; he died in Napa on October 6, 2023, at 61, of anaphylaxis, after which former partners assumed full ownership of Bottega Napa Valley amid litigation with his estate.

Cartelier documents 0 menus published by kitchens naming Michael Chiarello, most recently as the late Chef Michael Chiarello, founder (2008) at Bottega. Roles are established from menus and sources in the archive.

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