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L’Auberge welcomes new executive chef
L’Auberge restaurant in Kettering has a new executive chef.
He is Romuald Jung, a native of the Alsace-Lorraine region of France and a 1986 graduate of the Academie de Rennes in Rennes, France. Jung comes to l’Auberge from The Palace restaurant inside The Cincinnatian hotel in Cincinnati.
“Chef Romy has worked in some of the world’s most prestigious restaurants in the world including TroisGros in Roanne, France; Daniel Boulud in New York; the famed Peacock Alley at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel; and at the Bellagio Hotel Resort and Casino in Las Vegas,” said Brian DeMarke, l’Auberge’s general manager and sommelier. “Over the coming weeks, l’Auberge and Chef Romy will begin unveiling new menus and ideas for the culinary future of L’Auberge.”
Owen Maass, l’Auberge’s executive chef since early 2007, resigned in part because of the lengthy commute he had from his Cincinnati home, DeMarke said.
Maass is now part of the culinary team led by Yajan Upadhyaya, co-owner and executive chef of Cumin restaurant in Cincinnati.
Cumin’s co-owner is Alex Mchaikhi, who worked at l’Auberge for seven years.
Mchaikhi predicted l’Auberge diners will be pleased with Jung, whom Mchaikhi said was a “good fit” for l’Auberge.
“Chef Romy is an amazing chef,” Mchaikhi said.
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