May/June 2007
Michael Klein, CEC, was recently named Executive Chef of the Emory Conference Center Hotel in Atlanta. He joins the Emory Conference Center Hotel from Le Cordon Bleu Schools of North America, where he served as the National Education Manager and as the Dean Of Culinary Arts. With over 25 years of hospitality experience, Klein has served as an Executive Chef, Food & Beverage Director and Director of Operations at several establishments. He began his career as a Sous Chef at the Midnight Sun dinner theater, formerly in downtown Atlanta, after an externship in Cincinnati, OH at the Mobil Five Star Le Maisonette restaurant. He trained at the CIA in Hyde Park, NY, and earned the designation of CEC through the ACF.