Fresh. Innovative. Personal.

Chef Rich Wendel prepares an exquisite multi-course tasting menu that will wow your guests. Whether it be his own creations or refined classics, your guests will be talking about the experience for months.

Rich is a five-star self-taught chef, inspired by how food can bring people together. Growing up, Rich always loved food. He would help his grandmother prepare food around the holidays or family get-togethers. Growing up in an Italian family, Tuesday nights were all about getting the family together for grandma's famous meatballs and the holidays were spent enjoying countless hours of the seven fishes. It was at a young age that Rich helped prepare food for his family, and started an interest in cooking.

Rich has always found inspiration from his grandparents - whether their meals were home-cooked without a recipe or from ingredients passed down for generations. His Uncle Larry has offered him inspiration from different cultures and taught him all the necessary skills to be a five-star chef at a young age.

 Rich enjoys cooking all cuisines and learning new recipes from each new experience. His passion lies in curating innovative dishes paired with complementing cocktails. He loves to cook for anyone who loves to eat - especially his personal taste-testers, mom and dad.

Rich comes from a long line of family-owned businesses in the food industry. His grandparents started a successful catering business in Warwick, New York that has grown through generations. From running through the aisles at his grandfather's grocery store - Wendel's IGA, to learning how to cut meat and pick the right cuts from his Uncle Bill.  Cooking has always been a passion for Rich, which has evolved over the years into a career. His cocktail mixology skills stem from his father, who has passed down cocktail recipes from his father. Growing up he was taught the value of Family, Faith, Food & Friends. Rich believes that nothing is more important than the recipe of those four key ingredients.

 “How can I describe it. Good food is like music you can taste. Color you can smell. There is excellence all around you. You need to be aware to stop and savor it.” - Remy