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Perez named Starr Pass executive chef/director

JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa has named Daniel Perez to the dual role of executive chef/food and beverage director.

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Perez joined the resort in 2004 as chef de cuisine for the Signature Grill restaurant, and moved up over the years to banquet chef, executive sous chef and executive chef. In June 2015, Perez was named Iron Chef Tucson.

He graduated from the Scottsdale Culinary Art School in 2001 with an associate degree in culinary arts and was previously a sous chef and executive chef at Stuart Anderson’s Black Angus in Tucson.