Celebrity Chef Jen Kenny!?!

The success of Salt House has stirred up much deserved press lately. Jen has brought in a share of her own publicity. And since her article came out, Chef de cuisine Robert Leva (and others...) have started calling her: "Celebrity Chef Jen Kenny," to her dismay. But Leva got his just desserts, when he was featured in the Wine Section of the SF Chronicle March 9, 2006. Now, they both occasionally poke funny at each other by calling one another Celeberity Chef.

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Culinary Word of the Day: Chef
Chef is a term commonly used to refer to an individual who cooks professionally. Within a restaurant however, chef (French for chief or head) is often only used to refer to one person: the one in charge of everyone else in the kitchen. This is usually the executive chef. Source Wikipedia

Culinary Word of the Day: Chef de Cuisine *BONUS*
This chef has the vision, conceives the dishes, imbues the whole restaurant with his/her personality. This would be the person who appears on television. Sometimes, if need be, chefs de cuisine even cook. Source The Chef's Ladder

At the Salt House, there are three owners, Doug Washington and brothers Steven and Mitchell Rosenthal. The Rosenthal brothers are themselves chefs and would be called the Executive Chefs of Salt House. Despite my CWotD entry above, its their faces that show up on t.v. (In fact, if you have FoodNetwork Canada, you could have seen them on the March 16 airing of Opening Soon.) The owners came up with the original concept and theme, but the menu is all Robert Leva's doing. Jen is the Pastry Chef and takes direction from the owners and Leva. The dessert menu is all her's but does get approval from Leva and can be vetoed by owners. She is highly influenced by what Leva puts on his menu and the resources that are available to her.