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Operator and Chef
Executive Chef Greg Barnhill
Executive Chef Greg Barnhill brings a creative and innovative approach to the cuisine at Rocks Modern Grill, creating a unique dining experience at the restaurant.
Barnhill brings a distinguished culinary track record and vast experience to the 72-room Beaver Creek Lodge and Rocks Modern Grill. A Colorado native, Barnhill was born into the restaurant business and developed his culinary interest at a very early age. As a young teen, he would spend summers with his sister (renowned pastry chef Deborah Mitterhauser) and brother-in-law (Klaus Mitterhauser) at their collection of famous Minneapolis restaurants - The 510 Groveland, La Tortue, Mitterhauser La Cuisine and The Anchorage. After a three-year apprenticeship at these restaurants, Barnhill returned to Colorado to work under Hans Wyppler at the famed Black Bear Inn in Lyons and completed his culinary training under Chef Peter Egli at Campari’s. It was this round of intensive European-style training which prepared Barnhill at age 24 to become part owner and chef of the award-winning Wine Cellar Restaurant in Ft. Collins.
Early in the 1990’s Barnhill moved to Florida as a part of the opening team for many of the restaurants in the Universal Studios Theme Park including Hard Rock Café and Park Plaza Gardens. From there, he opened the California Café in the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale. It was here that Barnhill was named the inventor of “Califlorida Cuisine”. While at the California Café, he also worked with British Airways to upgrade their meal service and also with the NFL during the 1994 Superbowl.
1996 brought Barnhill back to Colorado to open the California Café in Denver. After eight years at California Café, Barnhill moved on to run the kitchens of Three Tomatoes Catering in Denver where he was responsible for the culinary operations of Mile High Stadium, the Denver Botanic Gardens, the Sprint International Golf Tournament at Castle Pines and many other events serving up to 5,000 guests at a time. Barnhill then helped to open Zoka’s, a new restaurant in the small mountain village of Pine, Colorado, which received many favorable reviews and has achieved a very loyal following. He then joined the Beaver Creek Lodge as Executive Chef in 2008.
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