Chef Craig Cornell prepping a pork tenderloin for tonights staff training session

Chef Craig Cornell prepping a pork tenderloin for tonights staff training session

Mary and I are pleased to welcome Chef Craig Cornell to the Birch Ridge Inn. Craig joined us this past Sunday. He has been working all week with us to prepare the restaurant at Birch Ridge to re-open tomorrow, Friday January 30, 2015.

Chef Craig joins us from the Inn at Weston where he was the executive chef overseeing the culinary team for the inns restaurant and pub. Previously, Chef Craig worked at the Okemo Resort where he developed Epic at Solitude, Okemo's upscale mountain dining experience. Chef Craig also developed Okemo's Snowcat Dining Adventure for an on mountain evening of fine dining.

Chef Craig is no stranger to the Killington area. Early in his career (25 years ago... how time flies) he worked as a sous chef at the Vermont Inn and as the Executive Chef at the Cascade Lodge.

Chef Cornell replaces our dear friend and past chef Stephen "Frizzy" Byrne who passed away just prior to the Christmas Holidays. In our planning sessions to re-open the restaurant at Birch Ridge, we intend to continue to serve many of the most popular items developed by Chef Frizzy over the years, while adding in many new items Chef Craig has honed over his culinary career.

The restaurant at the Birch Ridge Inn will be open this Friday and Saturday nights starting at 6PM for dinner service in the Restaurant and Great Room Lounge. We resume our normal Tuesday through Saturday evening restaurant schedule next week.

For a copy of Chef Craig's first menu, you can visit the following link. We look forward to seeing you the next time you visit Killington.

Let it snow!