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Sylva Senat
Culinary Director & Chef Owner | Senat Restaurant Consulting
Experience
2016 - Present
Brand Development Specialist
Senat RestaurantsPhiladelphia, PA
2013 - Present
Chef Partner
Senat Restaurant ConsultingPhiladelphia, PA
2016 - 2018
Executive Chef
Maison208Philadelphia, PA
1995 - 1999
Cook
Signs of the Dove New YorkNew York, NY
Education
1995 - 1997
Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP)New York, NY
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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