There's going to be a new chef running the kitchen at La Belle Vie.
Chef/owner Tim McKee has named Shane Oporto as the new chef de cuisine at restaurant, located in the historic and swank 510 Groveland building.
Oporto (pictured, above, in a provided photo) is currently cooking at another McKee-run property, Libertine. His resume includes stints at Union, Tilia and the former Porter & Frye. Before that, he was a private chef to a high-profile (and unnamed, thanks to non-disclosure agreements) family with a home in the Bahamas, cooking for a long list of bold-face names from the worlds of politics and entertainment.
"Four-star-caliber dining on a yacht, a beach or a helicopter -- whatever the location, or the request, the answer was always 'yes'— then figure out how to make it happen," said Oporto in a statement. "That's possibly the best training for stepping into La Belle Vie."
Oporto's first day at LBV is March 19. He's replacing longtime LBV chef de cuisine Mike DeCamp, who is opening a new Italian restaurant in the Hotel Ivy (the space formerly known as Porter & Frye) with the team behind Borough, Parlour and Coup d'etat.
