*This Special Episode is Dedicated, in Loving Memory to Justin Wesley Jones, Lisa's Son
My VERY Special Guest today is CHEF LISA DAHL!
Dahl Restaurants began operations nearly twenty-seven years ago with one restaurant and the most straightforward notion - “When you cook with love, you feed the soul.” DRG has evolved to six restaurants in Sedona. Each one is unique, and all are next-level dining experiences.
Owner and executive chef Lisa Dahl has weathered many storms in twenty-seven years, yet it is Lisa’s abiding respect for the guests and their experience that endures. That cultural aspect is pervasive. The interplay of outstanding cuisine, service, architecture, art, and mother nature is unmistakable.
Savvy guests take the Dahl restaurants tour because the reputation for cuisine and service is well known. Lisa Dahl’s vision is to be the premier culinary group where staff feels inspired, safe, and fulfilled while, as a company, manifesting genuine hospitality measured by the highest standards of food, beverage, and service profitably and sustainably in a scalable fashion while serving and giving back to our communities.
Lisa is in the process of expanding Butterfly Burger and Pisa Lisa Woodfired Pizza concepts into other markets.
In addition to the restaurant business, her most significant project is strictly humanitarian - Project Soup Hope aims to stem national and global hunger in a unique and effective method.
COOKBOOK AUTHOR
Lisa Dahl is a prolific foodie. Along with opening six restaurants, four in the last ten years, She self-published the best-selling Elixir of Life Cookbook and sold over 20,000 copies.
In 2022, Chef Dahl published A Romance With Food - Latin Inspired Cooking. It captures her exuberant Latin Fusion cooking style and is a stunning tribute to her wide-ranging inspirations from travels in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.
ACCOLADES
Lisa has appeared on the Travel Channel's Food Paradise and Food Network's Beat Bobby Flay championed three prestigious burger battles and is a two-time featured chef at the prestigious James Beard House in New York City.
She was recently awarded Arizona's highest culinary honors two years in a row by the Arizona Restaurant Association - "Top Chef of Arizona" and "Food Pioneer."
Chef Dahl is regularly featured in Forbes, FSR, and a host of other media platforms. She shares and provides insight into the real-life world of running restaurants pre and post-pandemic.
Lisa is also a regular on ABC’s Sonoran Living, CBS, and Fox, sharing culinary hooks for home chefs.
FOOD AND FASHION
It has been said Chef Lisa Dahl sees her restaurants as living, breathing organisms, not merely businesses. Guests don’t step into a Dahl restaurant; they emerge into the space. And what becomes evident is the mixture of people, sounds, contours, art, and music.
Prior to founding Dahl & DiLuca in 1995, Lisa was immersed in the fashion industry. The untimely death of her son Justin steered Dahl to Sedona for healing and revival.
She is primarily credited for introducing fine dining and glamour to the Sedona culinary scene. On any given night, Chef Dahl transforms into restaurateur Lisa Dahl exuding style and grace as she greets guests and keeps a keen eye on operations.
Social Media Handles
Lisa Dahl IG - @lisadahlsedona
Lisa’s IGs for her Restaurants
Mariposa IG - @mariposa_sedona
Dahl & DiLuca IG - @dahl_ristorante_italiano
Cucina Rustica IG - @cucina_rustica_sedona
Pisa Lisa IG - @pisa_lisa_az
Butterfly Burger IG - @butterflyburger
LISA's Book
https://www.romancewithfood.com/?r_do...
Chef Lisa Dahl - Dahl Restaurant Group; Owner and Executive Chef
https://www.dahlrestaurantgroup.com
Sedona, Arizona Restaurants:
Up-Market Casual
Butterfly Burger - 2019
Pisa Lisa West Sedona - 2012
Pisa Lisa Village of Oakcreek - 2022
Fine Dining
Cucina Rustica - 2003
Dahl & Di Luca Ristorante Italiano - 1995
Mariposa Latin Inspired Grill - 2015
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