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Guest Chef David Viana

  • MILLWRIGHT'S RESTAURANT & TAVERN 77 West Street Simsbury, CT, 06070 United States (map)

Join us with our guest Chef David Viana from Top Chef season 16 and Heirloom Kitchen.

Our 5 course dinner will be $165 per person and includes wine pairing.

Menu to come!

About Chef David

David Viana is the Owner & Executive Chef of Lita, La Otra & Heirloom Kitchen in New Jersey. In November 2023, Lita earned a spot on Esquire’s Best New Restaurant list. 

David Viana was born and raised in Little Lisboa: Newark, New Jersey’s Portuguese immigrant neighborhood. Growing up, he spent afternoons with his grandmother, Isaura, who introduced him to many of the dishes that grace Lita’s menu today. 

He turned his early love of food into a storied career, rising through the ranks at Mesa Grill, Eleven Madison Park, Marea, and Villa Joya in Portugal. He joined the team at Heirloom Kitchen in 2016, where he received three-and-a-half stars from The Star-Ledger within weeks. In 2018 he was nominated as Best Chef Mid Atlantic by The James Beard Foundation, shortly by competing on Top Chef’s 16th season. 

In addition to leading the culinary helm at Lita, he is the Executive Chef at Heirloom Kitchen and Heirloom Kitchen at The St Laurent. When he’s not working he is spending time with his son, Cole, teaching him to make fejauda and taking him to Chuck E Cheese. 

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