Nick Van Wassenhove
Last-known location Executive chef of Extra Virgin (which Restaurants America morphed into Bar Louie about two years ago), consulting chef of Leonardo’s Tuscan Bistro and former executive chef of the Rosebud group.
Update Van Wassenhove took time off to travel and spend time with his son and indulge his scuba-diving habit. He splits his working time these days between personal-chef gigs, restaurant consulting and serving as a vegetables and herbs specialist at Gethsemane Garden Center. Of the gardener’s gig he says, “It’s a way of extending my education as a chef and getting closer to food. I see it as a self-taught course in botany.”