AGAINN BIOS

Mike Sindoni, Executive Chef

In February 2011, Mike Sindoni was promoted to Executive Chef of AGAINN, the contemporary British Isles bistro operated by Whisk Group LLC in Bethesda, Maryland. He formerly served as the chef de cuisine under Wes Morton and has been with AGAINN since its opening in October 2009. Sindoni and his culinary team deliver a menu that showcasing the best organic and seasonal ingredients available, including chicken and a selection of meats that are certified humane through the Certified Humane Raised and Handled program.

Prior to opening AGAINN, Chef Sindoni served as executive chef of Patina Restaurant Group’s Cervinia Restaurant in Mammoth Lakes, California. He was also previously in Texas working as the executive sous chef of the Alden-Houston hotel’s award-winning restaurant, *17, in Houston. *17 earned glowing reviews, including four out of five stars from the Houston

Chronicle in 2008 during his tenure, and it was also named one of the best new restaurants in America by John Mariani in Esquire.

From 2005 to 2008, Chef Sindoni served as tournant in restaurant Navio at Northern California’s only AAA Five-Diamond resort, The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay. His culinary career also includes stints at Pisces Restaurant in Burlingame, California; Il Cibreo in Florence, Italy as well as the Genesee Grande Hotel in Syracuse, New York. A native of Syracuse, New York, Sindoni graduated from Johnson & Wales University in 2002.

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