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Chad Newton

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CHAD NEWTON Partner

Chad Newton brings more than ten years of restaurant experience to Asian Box™, having held executive chef and consulting chef positions at several acclaimed Bay Area restaurants. A Bay Area native, Newton began his career in the hospitality industry at Postrio restaurant in San Francisco as a front of the house expeditor and food runner, and quickly transitioned into a role as sous chef. After four years at Postrio, he moved to Yountville, California to assist Richard Reddington in the opening of Redd. He then joined the Kimpton Group on a project in Boston as an interim chef and consultant for the transition of Spire Restaurant into KO Prime, a modern steakhouse inside the Nine Zero Hotel.

Newton moved back to San Francisco and joined the former Baraka restaurant as Executive Chef, before he was brought on as Chef Consultant at Urban Tavern restaurant located inside the Hilton Hotel. After creating new American Gastropub menus for Urban Tavern and the hotel, he moved on to work with San Francisco restaurateurs Frank Klein and John Duggan as Executive Chef of Fish & Farm.

While at Fish & Farm, Newton began to work with Klein on a number of other projects under Klein’s FK Restaurants and Hospitality consultancy, ultimately becoming culinary director for the company. As a partner in Asian Box, Newton is an integral member of the team, advising on all aspects of the restaurant, from marketing and creative strategies to menu development with his wife and Asian Box Executive Chef Grace Nguyen.

Newton attended San Diego State University and later San Francisco State University, graduating with a degree in Restaurant Management. He now lives in Redwood City with his wife Grace. When he is not in the kitchen, Newton reads new and classic cookbooks, travels and spends time with his family.