Lisa Stalvey

Executive Chef

Live In The Vineyard, LLC.

Lisa Stalvey has been cooking for over thirty years. She began her career at the Good Earth Restaurant while studying acting. As luck would have it, she “fell” into an apprenticeship with Wolfgang Puck at the original Ma Maison restaurant in West Hollywood. After a successful one year engagement, she took an apprenticeship with L’Orangerie. Following that, she worked at several famous restaurants including: Pastel, Les Anges with Patrick Jamon, La Toque with Ken Frank and then as the chef of Beau Rivage. Following her many successes, she had an opportunity to work with Wolfgang Puck again, and went back to work as a line cook at the Sunset Spago restaurant. After two and one-half years, she became the head chef. After Spago, she worked at Rebecca’s, the West Beach café, DC3 and consulted on the opening of five restaurants.

After a hectic working schedule, Lisa took the next two years to do some research, reflect on her past experiences and consult for Tacone, which is now a chain of quick limited service restaurants. Upon returning to the dining scene, Lisa helped open Granita in Malibu, Shatzi on Main in Venice, traveled to Reykjavik, Iceland and was the guest chef for Amma Lu restaurant and went to Moulin de Mougin, France to work with Roger Verge. When she returned home, Lisa opened Bambu in Malibu and for two years in a row she received awards for being one of the Top 100 Chef’s in America . The awards were for culinary excellence approaching the new millennium.

Four years later, Lisa got out of the restaurant kitchen again and became a consultant for Newman’s Own. She wrote two cook books and created two new sauces for the Company; The Steak Sauce and The Parisianne salad dressing. She continues to consult with Tacone, Basic Bites, a new fast casual restaurant in Beverly Hills, and has created a line of spices that will be distributed to super markets.

As a food consultant, working on menu development, quality, taste, plate presentations, recipes and costs, Lisa is a valuable addition to the Global Grill Café management team. She worked at Passages in Malibu, CA an exclusive drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for over 3 years. She is currently developing TV shows, restaurants, cookbooks, culinary products & tools.