Daniel Schmidt

Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain appoints Schmidt exec. chef

The Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain has named Daniel Schmidt as executive chef.

Schmidt will oversee the property’s CORE Kitchen & Wine Bar as well as its in-room dining and banquet divisions.

The German-born chef comes to Arizona from China’s Ritz-Carlton Guangzhou, where he served as executive chef. Prior to that, he was at The Ritz-Carlton in Wolfsburg, Germany.

He has also been a culinary trainer and consulting chef for hotels and restaurants throughout China, Europe, India, the Middle East and South Africa, The Ritz-Carlton said in a news release.

He has achieved first-place finishes in numerous international/world cooking championships since 1998.

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