Our guest on this podcast is award-winning Chef Cory Oppold of Altas Bistro, former winner of Food Network’s Chopped, and owner of Course, an in-home dining and catering company. Cory joined Atlas Bistro as Executive Chef in 2014, a fine dining restaurant known for seasonal dishes and adventurous diners. “I believe a menu is everything a chef wants to say at that time and moment and it’s hard for us to tell our story with one dish. That is why every guest gets multiple courses while experiencing my cuisine,” says Chef Cory.
Cory’s prior positions include teaching at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts, working in the kitchen at Binkley's Restaurant and as executive chef at Tarbell's restaurant in Phoenix. His childhood was spent on an dairy farm in a small town in Illinois. It wasn't until he came to Arizona to study architecture that Cory first encountered fine dining and the experience led him to enroll at the Scottsdale Culinary Institute where he graduated with honors in 2002.
Today, Cory remains at Atlas Bistro but also loves to bring the dining experience to people's homes with his catering and event dining company Course. Course provides customized, 4-8 course menus serving anywhere from 4 to 20 people, as well as Tapas or small plate options for small events or large-scale catering. Cory is also launching a new takeout concept called Simmer Down where Cory prepares a wonderful dish that simply needs to be cooked/heated at home. Cory’s innovative spirit makes his dishes not only creative delights, but also accessible in many different dining experiences.
Follow Cory here:
http://www.atlasbistrobyob.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cory-oppold-a56704113
https://www.instagram.com/chefcoryoppold/
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