Chef info: Heath VanRiper
Hometown: Lander, Wyoming
Length of Tenure: 4 years
Education: TVI

Chef Biography:
My early experiences on a ranch in Wyoming began my passion for food. In Wyoming, the summers are dry and the winters are long. My grandparents' canned, bottled, and preserved just about anything on the ranch, including grapes and rhubarb to make wine. When we were unable to make it to the store, we would walk out to the well-house and do what a lot of ranchers call "shopping". It is these experiences that instilled the emphasis on freshness and the style of scratch cooking you choose from this evening. I have found that the pursuit of a great meal isn't magic, or a great chef's secret; I believe "it is determined by the amount of passion put into the food". I have held this philosophy true to me, and it is all my passion that I extend to you this evening!