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Sylva Senat

Culinary Director & Chef Owner | Senat Restaurant Consulting
In this Industry, it’s a day-by-day scenario with clear drive and passion. As with any artist or craftsman learning a new technique, a new vegetable or a new dish, you know that one day it will come time for you to paint and show your own industry's craft on your own canvas.

Experience

2024 - Present
Executive Chef
2016 - Present
Brand Development Specialist
Senat RestaurantsPhiladelphia, PA
2013 - Present
Chef Partner
Senat Restaurant ConsultingPhiladelphia, PA
2018 - 2022
Executive Chef
Pyramid ClubPhiladelphia, PA
2016 - 2018
Executive Chef
Maison208Philadelphia, PA
2010 - 2013
Former Executive Chef
Tashan RestaurantPhiladelphia, PA
2008 - 2010
Chef de Cuisine
BuddakanPhiladelphia, PA
2007 - 2008
Executive Chef
Koco at El San Juan HotelSan Juan, Puero Rico
2006 - 2007
Executive Sous Chef
BuddakanNew York, NY
2005 - 2006
Chef de Cuisine
2004 - 2005
Chef de Cuisine
66 Leonard StreetNew York, NY
2001 - 2004
Sous Chef
Jean-GeorgesNew York, NY
1999 - 2001
Sous Chef
AquavitNew York, NY
1998 - 1999
Cook
CiboNew York, NY
1995 - 1999
Cook
Signs of the Dove New YorkNew York, NY

Education

2007 - 2007
First Prize of Daniel Boulud's Scholarship

Advice from Sylva Senat

Quotes about career path, skills, and teamwork from an industry leader.
In the beginning of my career, C-CAP helped me get a position at Aquavit.
The best advice I've received was from Marcus Samuelsson when leaving Aquavit for Jean-Georges. He said, "Remember when going into a new kitchen that you have to work twice as hard, and you have to grow to be the best in the kitchen and each kitchen you enter from now on."
I wish I had known 10 years ago:
when it comes to knives, skip everything and invest in Japanese steel.
At the Sign of the Dove (another position I found through C-CAP), we learned that perfection takes patience and, most of all, passion.
Thank you, Chef Andrew D'Amico.
During tough times, I was motivated by the thought of continuing my education and learning how to operate my own restaurant group.
My best intern/externship experience was when I won a scholarship to go to the Institut Paul Bocuse in Lyon, France.
Thanks to a Chef Daniel Boulud/C-CAP Scholarship, I spent a couple of months in France, Lyon attending the school as a student and couple weeks in the actual Paul Bocuse kitchen. After a 3 week period of time, the graduating class dinner ceremony was at Paul Bocuse, where we got to meet him in person.

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