John Hart

John Hart is the executive chef at Cape Rey. He began his culinary career at the San Diego Sheraton Hotel and Towers and entered the three-year ACF Apprentice program once he finished high school. He spent more than six years at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco and has also worked at a range of hotels including the Westin Savannah Hotel & Golf Resort, the Westin San Francisco Market Street, the Sheraton Seattle, the Marriott Louisville, the Westin Long Beach, the Westin Century Plaza, the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Miramar Hotel Santa Monica. His focus is garde manger, covering canapés, carvings, presentation and how flavors combine. He enjoys the pace of a fast line and has built action stations where food is cooked in front of guests. He captained the California Culinary team and won a gold medal with that team at the Berlin Culinary Olympics.