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Chef Ryan Ratino to take his talents to Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

The concept from the Washington, D.C.-based chef is set to open in the Four Seasons next year

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

November 1, 2022

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Chef and restaurateur Ryan Ratino announced last week a new restaurant inside the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Fort Lauderdale set to open in 2023. The Washington, D.C.-based chef of two-Michelin-starred JÔNT and Michelin-starred Bresca will bring the yet-unnamed restaurant to life alongside Ford Hospitality Group.

At just 31 years old, Ratino is one of the youngest chefs in America to hold a two-starred Michelin restaurant and two Michelin starred concepts. 

The culinary team — led by Ratino and culinary director Brendan Mahon — and director of operations Jhonatan Cano will work with local purveyors of produce, meats, and fish to set the menu.

The aim of the menu is to “tear down the walls between kitchen and patron and immerse guests in a progressive tasting menu where they will age, ferment, and pickle new paths in the pursuit of dynamic flavor profiles,” according to a release.

Guests will be able to dine a la carte or at the chefs tasting table where they can have an eight- or 10-course prix fixe meal.

The restaurant was designed by London-based Tara Bernerd & Partners.

This new restaurant will complete the dining destination at the Four Seasons Fort Lauderdale which earlier this year added Honey Fitz, a café and wine bar, and Evelyn’s Fort Lauderdale, an eastern Mediterranean restaurant.

About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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