John Griffiths has been hired as the executive chef at Truffles in Ladue. The career chef – he’s been in the biz since his early teens – was exec chef at An American Place when the now shuttering downtown restaurant opened in 2004, and worked as a consultant chef for private event venue Lumen as well as El Borracho Mexican Cantina. “I’ve never had a job outside of a kitchen,” said Griffiths. Of late, his consulting business led Griffiths to projects outside of St. Louis.
Now that Griffiths has landed at John and Louis Cella’s American bistro known for prime steaks and seafood, will we see changes on the food side? “It will have an Italian tilt,” Griffiths said. We’re looking forward to finding out more about the changes.
This article appears in Nov 1-30, 2010.