The Daily Memphian
Chez Philippe, the fine-dining restaurant in The Peabody Memphis hotel, recently hired a new chef who learned his craft in local kitchens.
Chef Keith Clinton, who previously worked at Erling Jensen The Restaurant, has joined Chez Philippe’s culinary team as the chef de cuisine, or the head of the kitchen.
“I’ve always enjoyed cooking in some sort of luxury capacity, using extremely hard-to-find ingredients or processes that take extra time,” Clinton said. “Chez Philippe is one of the only restaurants in this area that really offered that style of dining.”
Clinton is also the first Memphis-born and -trained chef that Chez Philippe has hired in its 41 years.
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