Testing The Boundaries Of A Burger: Contest Showcases Piacere Chef Larry Keck’s Imagination
June 21, 2017 | 1 min to read
Chef Larry Keck wants you to think. In the 43 years since he at began cooking for others at age 14, he has seen diners go from reaching for their forks for a quick bite before an event to reaching for their phones to document a dining experience. And he wants to pique the interest of diners grabbing their phones.
“Food has evolved into something so totally different than it was 35 years ago,” he said. “It’s the destination.”
With seven months under his belt as executive chef at San Carlos’ Piacere Restaurant at 727 Laurel St., Keck is hard at work developing dishes he thinks will keep his diners guessing what’s next. Though Keck’s Reuben egg rolls and hash brown soup are just some of his creations that have caught diners’ attention, he is working on a creation with a twist unlike any other.
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