CHEF MICHAEL GARCIA

EXECUTIVE CHEF, CAVALLO POINT LODGE

Michael Garcia is a head chef of the award-winning Murray Circle at Cavallo Point Lodge where he strives to create dishes that reinvent San Francisco’s multicultural flavors with a modern twist.

A San Francisco native, Chef Garcia spent several years working through the ranks of many legendary San Francisco hotels and restaurants, including Cliff House, Farallon, Stars by celebrity chef, Jeremiah Tower, and the Palace Hotel. Chef Garcia’s accomplishments include his position as the executive chef and partner of SOCIALE in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood and as the executive chef, manager, catering chef and partner of TOAST Restaurants in Mill Valley. Chef Garcia wrote a best seller cookbook, “A Toast to the Home Cook,” which published in 2010 and has sold over 6,000 copies.