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Chad Scothorn


Culinary Expert


Chef Chad Scothorn is known for providing generous portions and using outstanding ingredients at his restaurant located inside the Hotel Columbia. His menu exhibits diverse cuisines, including French, Southwestern, American and Thai. Though the overall approach is "fusion," you'll never find crossed cultures on one plate. Chef Chad Scothorn brought his culinary vision to Telluride in 1996 with twenty-two years experience as executive chef of restaurants in Beaver Creek, Oklahoma City, Salt Lake City and Las Lenas, Argentina.

Scothorn has received national attention for his innovative American cuisine. Food critics from The New York Times, Nation’s Restaurant News, Snow Country, Esquire, Bon Appetit, Connoisseur and Town & Country have praised his creative, fresh approach to food preparation. In 2002, Scothorn was honored to appear at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City, and another James Beard Foundation performance in Aspen.

Before coming to Telluride, Scothorn opened a cafe and bakery, Cafe 501, in Oklahoma City, best known for artisan breads and pastries. In 1994, he was the chef of Log Haven in Salt Lake City, a 220-seat restaurant with banquet and a la carte service. In October 1992, Scothorn opened Chadwick’s at the Chateau in Beaver Creek, Colorado. At Chadwick’s, an elegant restaurant with an exhibition kitchen, Scothorn prepared French/American cuisine, incorporating local, seasonally fresh ingredients. Within one year of opening, Chadwick’s was recognized in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Nation’s Restaurant News and other publications as one of the best Alpine restaurants in the country.

Prior to Chadwick’s, Scothorn was the opening chef of Beano’s Cabin for six years, also in Beaver Creek. An on-mountain restaurant functioning as both an exclusive private lunch club and as a public restaurant accessible by sleigh ride in the winter and horseback in the summer, the award-winning Beano’s was named by Esquire magazine as one of the top new 100 restaurants in the United States.

His additional culinary experience includes grand opening executive chef at Hotel Pisces, a three restaurant, four-star establishment in Las Lenas, Argentina. Prior to Argentina, Scothorn worked for Val-Gene Associates in Oklahoma for over 11 years in management positions from kitchen to dining room manager, to director of food services and ultimately to executive chef. In 1990, as a consultant for Val-Gene, he designed Pepperoni Grill, a 120-seat Italian restaurant, now a national chain.

Scothorn has a bachelor’s degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from Oklahoma State University and an Associate’s Degree from the Culinary Institute of America. He has continued his education in the culinary arts at the intensive cooking class at the Culinary Institute of America in Sicily, and in classes for bread making and advanced pastries at the internationally recognized Ecole Lenotre, near Paris.

We are honored to have Chef Chad Scothorn among our featured culinary experts for this year's festival.

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