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Come meet us at
Chika
Tillman, Chef/Owner
Where were you born?
Japan
What is your culinary education?
French Culinary
Institute
Which restaurants have you worked
in?
Gramercy Tavern,
Dining Room/Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, Seegers,
Bid Restaurant
What has been your most important
professional experience?
Eating and
drinking around the world
Who were your greatest influences?
Guenter Seeger,
Tom Colicchio
What do you want to eat after
working for 14 hours?
Burger and sushi
What do you do on your day off?
Attend ballet
theater performances
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Don
Tillman, Owner/General Manager/Sommelier
Where were you born?
Hershey, Pennsylvania
What is your culinary education?
The Chika
Culinary Institute (in other words, being Chika's dining companion the world
over)
Which restaurants have you worked
in?
Prime, Tom Tom,
Tavern at Phipps
What has been your most important
professional experience?
The realization that not only food, but indelible memories as well, are being served.
Who were your greatest influences?
John Coltrane,
Miles Davis and Louis Armstrong
What do you want to eat after
working for 14 hours?
The olives at the
bottom of my martini glass
What do you do on your day off?
Play saxophone at
the Union Square Market
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