What It's Like to Open a Restaurant in the Middle of a Pandemic

Living and working in California’s Santa Ynez Valley imbued Michael Cherney with a deep connection to the land and its farms. After working at esteemed restaurants like Ortolan and L’Atelier at the MGM Grand, he joined a program called World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, enabling him to live and work on an organic farm. The next step was working as the chef at...