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Chef vacancy at Talula's Garden

Stephen Starr confirms that Matt Moon, named only recently, has left.

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Chef vacancy at Talula's Garden

POSTED: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:36 PM

Michael Klein, Philly.com

Talula's Garden, the Stephen Starr-Aimee Olexy joint in Washington Square, is looking for an executive chef.

Matt Moon, who signed on earlier this month after the sudden departure of Michael Santoro, has left, Starr confirms. Foobooz speculated on the departure this morning.

Moon had spent much time in Olexy's employ as chef at Talula's Table in Kennett Square, which seats 16 -- about a tenth of Talula's Garden's capacity and about a fifteenth of its nightly kitchen output.

"Aimee's hands are firmly on this restaurant," Starr said. "These are her ideas to begin with."

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Comments (5)

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:13 PM, 08/23/2011

They'd better straighten out the service and food FAST.

— MichaelZoe

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 4:29 PM, 08/23/2011

Starr - why don't you step back a bit. I have a feeling that the chef departures are all you...

— scargosun

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:32 AM, 08/24/2011

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— sky1597vw

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:20 PM, 08/24/2011

See my comments from last week... ahem... STARR is simply unable to step away from this project and let Aimee run it. I don't blame Matt or Mike. Scorched earth?

— chefwhosaw

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:09 AM, 08/25/2011

Its a shame something so potentially special that Aimee could bring to the city is getting smothered by SRO and talented chefs like Michael and Matt are pushed out because someone cant cut the cord already. keep opening your shitty concept gimmicky robot havens. what a bad choice of partner for something that could be really great.

— madgeknows

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