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Lake
Placid, NY – November 2021 / Newsmaker Alert / After 11 years as its
executive chef, Jarrad Lang has announced his retirement at the helm of
The View Restaurant
at the Mirror Lake Inn Resort
and Spa in Lake Placid. Lang’s successor is no stranger to the Mirror
Lake Inn, as the resort welcomes Executive Chef Curtiss Hemm from the nearby
Carriage House Cooking School in Peru, N.Y.
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Executive Chef Jarrad Lang
is retiring from The View Restaurant
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“On
behalf of everyone at the Inn, we extend a heartfelt and sincere thanks
to Executive Chef Jarrad Lang for his extraordinary service and leadership,”
said resort owner Ed Weibrecht. “Chef Jarrad expertly navigated the ever-changing
landscape of culinary fine-dining and built upon the excellence The View
was founded to provide, maintaining the coveted AAA Four Diamond rating
throughout his tenure. From all of us at the Mirror Lake Inn, thank you,
Jarrad. We look forward to seeing what great things come next for you.”
All
endings lead to new beginnings, and as such, the Inn is honored to announce
the arrival of Executive Chef Hemm. He will officially assume the position
of Executive Chef/Food and Beverage Director at The View Restaurant on
November 29.
“It’s
an honor to join the Mirror Lake Inn staff,” remarked Hemm. “I look forward
to celebrating the Inn, its history of the Adirondacks and their hospitality,
and to continue its pursuit of excellence.
“I
have a long history with the Mirror Lake Inn and I’m happy to join on this
level and to take part in their service excellence, to grow their version
of hospitality in the Adirondacks, and to showcase excellence across the
board in The View dining room.”
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Hemm comes to The View as founder of the internationally acclaimed Carriage
House Cooking School, where he has transformed the medium of small audience
culinary teaching and food experiences. Prior to leading Carriage House,
Chef Hemm was Dean of Culinary Arts and Director of Online Programs at
the New England Culinary Institute and formerly an instructor/program coordinator
at the Paul Smith’s College of Arts and Science.
Chef
Hemm is also the author of Garde Manger: The Cold Kitchen; a regular contributor
to North Country Public Radio Northern Home; Garden and Leisure Magazine,
and founder/author of Pink Ribbon Cooking.
Chefs
Hemm and Lang will work alongside the kitchen and dining room staffs to
ensure a smooth transition together over the coming months.
“It
has been my pleasure and honor to have been the Executive Chef of the Mirror
Lake Inn for the past 11 years, truly one of the greatest places a chef
could hope to work,” reflected Lang. “I’m very proud of my time here and
of what my team and I have accomplished over the years, and as I prepare
to leave, I feel I’m turning the kitchen over to very capable hands. Curtiss
is a chef I’ve known for 20 years and he has been a friend of the Inn for
just as long. He shares our values and our commitment to excellence, he
believes in our local farmers and producers, and I believe he will carry
on our strong culinary tradition. I look forward to working with him as
we make this transition a seamless one for our guests and our staff.”
The
arrival of Chef Hemm continues the longstanding tradition of dining excellence
that started as the Averil Conwell Dining Room in 1988. The transition
to The View Restaurant began under the leadership of Executive Chef Paul
Sorgule in 2005, who not only rebranded the upscale restaurant as The View,
but also brought it to its lofty Four Diamond status in 2007.
In
2008, Sorgule departed The View and handed the baton to Chef Lang, who
has maintained the AAA Four Diamonds since 2010. Now Lang, who announced
his departure earlier this fall, will hand the reigns of The View to incoming
Chef Hemm.
A longtime
resident of Upstate New York, the new chef has collaborated with the Mirror
Lake Inn over a variety of special culinary weekends over many years, including
their most recent joint effort in early November – Adirondack Culinary
Weekend - through his Carriage House Cooking School. Chef Hemm’s immersion
into the local region will remain evident in The View Restaurant.
“Our
menus will always focus on celebrating the terroir of the Adirondacks,
using produce and products from local farmers, from our streams, from our
lakes and from our mountains,” stated Hemm. “I want to celebrate the natural
beauty of the experience of an Adirondack vacation.”
Executive
Chef Hemm joins a team that has created the only AAA Four Diamond lodging
and dining combination in the Northern Adirondacks.
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Photo courtesy Mirror Lake
Inn Resort and Spa / Joseph Rector
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About
the Mirror Lake Inn
The
AAA Four Diamond Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa (www.MirrorLakeInn.com)
is a luxury lakefront resort, offering its guests an authentic Adirondack
experience. The Inn, rated Four Diamond for 37 consecutive years, offers
both Four Diamond world-class cuisine for 14 straight years and casual
dining options, all with impeccable service amid awe-inspiring views. Only
one other property in New York (located in Manhattan), has maintained the
Four Diamond designation longer than Mirror Lake Inn. It is the only property
in Lake Placid that combines Four Diamond lodging and dining. The Inn’s
renowned Lake Placid spa
pampers the body and refreshes the mind with a comprehensive menu of services.
The Inn is conveniently located one block from the restaurants and shops
on Main Street in Lake Placid.
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