2008 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - First Place

Best Chef

Manresa chef David Kinch is more than a big fish in a little pond. He’s the only fish in the pond because his rarefied, vegetable-centric, highly personal cuisine is in a class by itself.

-- Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper, September 24, 2008


2007 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Staff Pick and Reader Survey Winner - First Place
Best Chef (David Kinch)
— Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper, September 26, 2007

Manresa is the showcase for the inventive cuisine of Executive Chef David Kinch. Influenced by French and modern Spanish Catalan cooking, Chef Kinch draws inspiration from European traditions and refinement, American ingenuity and California's vast bounty. From the nearby Santa Cruz mountains and Monterey Bay, artisan suppliers provide Manresa's kitchen with an abundance of fresh ingredients.