Keith Brunell is director of food & beverage and a glorified chef for Nordstrom Restaurant Group, overseeing sixteen concepts and two hundred plus units. Chef Brunell has worked as an aspiring culinary leader in the industry for over thirty years at companies including Hotel Sofitel – Accor, LEYE, and Brinker. His creative food journey has taken him all over the globe cooking and guiding scratch kitchens in Michelin star restaurants, hotels, airlines, catering and consulting. His focus is grounded around the craveable design of recipes, orchestrating intelligent and holistic menus, and engineering best in class food experiences that can be replicated in operations, kitchens, and at home. He believes the real power lies in creating a culture of hospitality experts and admirers through education, training, knowledge, and compassion for wholesome products and building a more sustainable planet. He has always had an infinity for taking the highest quality ingredients, handling them with respect, and building them into preparations that pay homage to cultural flavors, regional classics, and preserving the history and identity of people and food that paved the way before us. @KB_cooks