Kevin Gillespie has promoted Geoff Morrill to General Manager at Gunshow restaurant. Morrill joined Gunshow when it first opened in 2013. He began as a server and worked his way up to front of house and beverage manager in October 2014 before becoming general manager.
Morrill’s promotion comes on the heels of several moves that started with fellow opening day Gunshow family member, Joey Ward, and “kitchen dude” Rémi Granger. Ward was promoted from chef de cuisine to executive chef in late-2014, while Granger advanced to sous chef in early-2015.
As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, executive chef Joey Ward began his career as the sous chef of the St. Regis Atlanta and eventually left to work as a sous chef for Gillespie at Woodfire Grill. Ward moved on to become the executive chef at H. Harper Station. Then,returned to work with Gillespie at Gunshow.
Working by Ward’s side is sous chef Rémi Granger, who grew up in Loire Valley, France. Granger received his formal training at Lycée Hôtelier et de Tourisme de Blois, and later worked at luxury Five Star hotels in France, Florida, and Georgia.
Gillespie is bringing Revival to Decatur in July with the help of executive chef Andreas Müller and general manager Christy Lee Faircloth.
“Andreas and I have been working together for a long time, and our mutual enthusiasm for preparing traditional family-style meals with farm-fresh ingredients makes him perfect for leading the kitchen at Revival,” says Gillespie. “And we all feel really lucky to have Christy Lee as the matriarch for our front-of-house team; she’s incredibly family-minded and has developed a lot of close relationships within the Decatur community.”
Faircloth, who is a mother to four children and two stepchildren, grew up with seven siblings and is often dubbed the “mother hen.” Prior to joining Revival, she spent three years on the service and management teams at Atlanta’s Rocket Farm Restaurants, including No. 246, St. Cecilia and The El Felix.
