14 - Finding A Mentor In A Celebrity Chef

When climbing your way up the ranks of the restaurant industry, it takes a lot of hard work and tenacity to be able to achieve your goals. One of the biggest honors you can have in the budding stages of your career is the recognition and guidance of renowned and even celebrity chefs. Chef Peter McQuaid of Cala Scottsdale checks all of these boxes. Today, he speaks with Justin about how he started his career under some of the bigger names in the industry (including Beau MacMillan, executive chef for Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain) and how he went from staging famous restaurants to being the Executive Chef of his very own establishment. For more information on the restaurant, please visit their website: Cala Scottsdale