W Nashville and NoHo Hospitality announce the promotion of Levi Raines as Senior Chef de Delicacies
of each Carne Mare and The Dutch, the sister eating places that opened in Nashville by James Beard Award-winning chef Andrew Carmellini. Raines beforehand served as Chef de Delicacies of Carne Mare since its opening in fall 2021.
“I’ve had the privilege of working with Levi for greater than a decade and am at all times impressed together with his experience,” says Carmellini. “For the previous yr, he has helped showcase our conventional but sudden Italian-American menu at Carne Mare, and I’m excited for him to step into this new, and much-deserved, management function at each spots in Nashville.”
Raines is appointed to senior chef de delicacies with greater than a decade of culinary experience from prime eating places in Miami and New Orleans. Previous to opening Carne Mare Nashville with Carmellini, Raines served alongside James Beard Award-winning chef Nina Compton, first as sous chef at Compere Lapin and later as chef and accomplice of acclaimed Bywater American Bistro in New Orleans. Earlier in his culinary profession, Raines joined Chef Carmellini’s opening group at The Dutch Miami, positioned in W South Seashore, mastering the fashionable American menu as sous chef for practically 5 years.
After graduating from Johnston & Wales College, Raines started his profession working at Alfred Portale’s Gotham Steak on the Fontainebleau Lodge in Miami Seashore. “It’s with nice pleasure that we welcome Levi into this new function on property,” says W Nashville Normal Supervisor David Cronin. “Levi is basically accountable for the one-of-a-kind eating experiences that company and locals alike encounter
at W Nashville. From the expertly ready and superbly plated dishes to the top-notch service, he’s a grasp out and in of the kitchen, and this promotion is a testomony to his expertise.”
In his new function, Raines will assist steer the seasonality and evolution of The Dutch’s trendy American menu and proceed to strengthen Carne Mare’s fantastic eating expertise. Acknowledged by Eater as a 2019 Younger Gun and rating as a finalist in Zagat’s 30 Below 30, Raines is a rising star with identified success and management developed below among the nation’s most acclaimed cooks and restaurateurs.
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About NoHo Hospitality
Since first partnering in 2009, chef Andrew Carmellini, Josh Pickard and Luke Ostrom have opened a nationwide portfolio of eating places and culinary companies at preeminent lodges, reside music venues and main metropolitan sports activities arenas and airports throughout New York Metropolis, Baltimore and Detroit together with Locanda Verde, The Dutch, Joe’s Pub and The Library at The Public, Lafayette, Bar Primi, Leuca, Westlight, Mister Dips, Rec Pier Chop Home, The Cannon Room, San Morello, Night Bar, The Brakeman, Penny Pink’s and Carne Mare. The group actively runs meals and beverage operations in 4 lodges, together with The Greenwich Lodge, The William Vale, Sagamore Pendry Baltimore and the Shinola Lodge. Identified for
delivering high quality experiences and pertinent culinary tradition, every place is a distinctly owned, handcrafted labor of affection. They’ve obtained widespread crucial acclaim, recognition on numerous “Better of” lists, a Michelin star, and two coveted James Beard Basis awards. To be taught extra, go to nhgnyc.com or AndrewCarmellini.com.
About W Nashville
Nestled in Nashville’s vibrant Gulch neighborhood, W Nashville, a part of W Accommodations and Marriott Worldwide, Inc., is a vacation spot inside a vacation spot the place world company are immersed in a locally-charged cultural scene celebrating music, artwork, design and craftsmanship. That includes 286 rooms, 60 suites and over 26,000 sq. ft of outside area, W Nashville gives six road entry venues together with the Barista Parlor espresso store, The Dutch and Carne Mare eating places from award-winning Chef Andrew Carmellini, and a high-end retail store. W Nashville’s hanging Proof rooftop bar, subtle and moody Dwelling Room bar, and 10,000 sq. foot WET Deck that includes the biggest resort pool space in
the town present a day-to-night expertise for company and locals alike to discover. For extra data on W Nashville, go to marriott.com/lodges/journey/bnawn-w-nashville/ or observe us on Twitter, Instagram and Fb.