Chef's Kitchen

Jordan discovered early on that he had a passion for food. Although his first job at 14 was washing dishes at an Italian restaurant, he spent time standing next to the chef/owner watching every step. Afterward, he worked at several cutting edge restaurants in Naples, Florida, then attended the New England Culinary Institute, graduating at the ripe old age of 20. He mentored under French Master Chef Michel LeBorgne and interned with Wilhelm Gahabka. He worked 2-3 jobs at a time in order to try out different places and learn everything he could. In late 2001, he took a job with Noble House. On the opening team of La Playa Beach & Golf Resort, he stayed three years there as Chef de Cuisine. He left for a year-and-a-half to try his hand at being a chef/partner at a restaurant in Naples. When the owner sold, he took the job of Executive Chef at Grove Isle Hotel & Spa in Miami, another Noble House property, staying two-and-a-half years before moving to The Edgewater in October 2007.