Creekside Dinner Series with Chef James Murray

1300 Westhaven Drive,Vail CO 81657

19 August, 2021

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Outdoor Dinner Series featuring Celebrity Chefs and creative menus with thoughtfully selected wine pairings. Join us Creekside at Grand Hyatt Vail for an unforgettable outdoor dining experience in the Colorado Rockies! Only 30 Seats available per dinner, reserve your seats today! Dinner Series Dates: July 8th with Chef Pierson Shields & Chef Dickie Brennan July 15th with Chef Pierson Shields & Chef Orlando BenavidezJuly 29th with Chef Pierson Shields & Chef Elise WigginsAugust 5th with Chef Pierson Shields & Chef Amber LancasterAugust 19th with Chef Pierson Shields & Chef James Murray Grand Hyatt Vail, Executive Chef Pierson Shields Shields brings significant experience within the hospitality and culinary fields. Most recently, he served as Executive Sous Chef at Hyatt Regency Denver Convention Center following culinary appointments at Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe, Warwick Hotel, Tom’s Urban 24, and Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Shields also serves as a board member for both the American Culinary Federation and Auguste Escoffier Culinary School. Menu Theme: An Evening at the Supper Club James Murray, Executive Chef James Murray is an Executive Chef and National Channel Marketing and Innovation Manager for the National Pork Board, headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. He supports pork producers through innovation, education, and promotional activities. In his role, he manages a broad range of strategic foodservice, retail, and distribution accounts by assisting them in designing on trend pork-based menuing concepts, products, merchandising and promotions. Murray also assists the channel marketing team in a variety of industry events that are designed to raise the awareness of pork in the foodservice and retail space and establish customer relationships that will foster on-going working relationships. Murray has worked as a professional chef since graduating from Des Moines Area Community College Culinary Arts program in 1985 with high honors as an outstanding business graduate. He has a B.A. in Art Education from the University of Northern Iowa and a A.A. in Liberal Arts from North Iowa Area Community College. He has continued his professional education at the Culinary Institute of America, Texas A&M and Iowa State University and California State University-Fresno. Before joining the National Pork Board staff in 2012, Murray was the Senior Innovation Chef at Unilever Foodsolutions for 15 years and worked as a Corporate Chef and Sausage Evangelist for Johnsonville Sausage for four years. An active member of the American Culinary Federation, he has served as the Greater Des Moines chapter president and received the honors of chef of the year, presidential medallion, and certified executive chef. Chef Murray has also received his World Certified Executive Chef certification through the World Association of Cooks Societies. In 2020, Chef Murray was inducted into the World Master Chefs Society. He is a seasoned BBQ competitor, KCBS judge, SCA judge and Certified Meat Cutter.