PASCAL OLHATS

• Chef owner of  Pascal Restaurant, Épicerie Pascal
  & Café Jardin in Newport Beach since 1988. Pascal is also Chefowner of Brasserie Pascal, Pascal at Hutton Centre, and Pascal's Tea Garden Creperie.
• Attended Hotel School in Brussels, Belgium after
  apprenticeship in Rouen, Normandy, his hometown
• Worked for Master Chef Paul Bocuse in Lyon
• Spent three years in St. Tropez at Club 55
• Came to California in 1984
• Chef at Hotel Le Meridian , Newport Beach
• Chef at Restaurant Chanteclair , Irvine
• Chef of the Year in 1991
• President of the French Chef's Association
• Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
• 2006 Restaurant Hall of Fame National Award

Tradition by Pascal has been rated the #1 restaurant in Orange County for over ten years by the Zagat Guide; 16/20 Gault Millau; 10/10 by Elmer Dills; seen on Oprah Winfrey Show for his "Diet a la French"