Caldwell Vineyard, Napa Valley, CA.

A classically trained chef with Michelin Star experience and a deeply rooted passion to bring people together & feed them well.

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Welcome to Fancy Savage, I’m Chef JD. Our mission is to bring people together and feed them well by serving meals made with the freshest ingredients. I believe that wholesome preparations layered in complex ways make a dish elegant.

We do this through our Fancy Savage philosophy — Sometimes life’s fancy. Sometimes it’s savage. To us that means you feel just as comfortable gathering around a picnic table in the backyard eating BBQ with your hands as you do experiencing the finest food and wine pairings at a Michelin Star restaurant in the heart of Napa Valley, California.

credentials

  • Sequoia Grove, Food & Wine Pairings | Sous Chef

  • Charles Krug | Wood-Fired Pizza Chef

  • La Toque, under Chef Ken Frank | Externship

  • Culinary Institute of America (CIA) Graystone | AA

  • Army Veteran | Tanker

  • Culinary experience with | Jackson Family Wines, Charles Krug, Joseph Phelps, Black Stallion, Sequoia Grove, Varozza Vineyards, 11:11.