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Todd Sicolo has been appointed as Executive Chef at UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center

UCLA Housing & Hospitality Services
Los Angeles, California, United States
Todd Sicolo
Todd Sicolo, C.E.C., has been named executive chef for the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center currently under construction in the heart of UCLA’s main campus. The university-based conference center, which will offer 254 spacious guest rooms and 25,000 square feet of state-of-the-art meeting space, is scheduled to open in August of this year. Les Utley, general manager, made the announcement. As executive chef of the new Luskin Conference Center, Chef Sicolo will oversee the property’s entire culinary program, including the 162-seat restaurant & lounge, PLATEIA, serving Mediterranean-inspired cuisine with California-fresh, local ingredients and superb California wines. Todd Sicolo comes to his new position with more than 15 years of experience as executive chef for important hotels and resorts in multiple markets. Most recently he served as executive chef for The Shelborne Grand, a resort and spa in South Beach, Miami, Florida, where he worked directly with Celebrity Chef Morimoto. Previous to this appointment, Mr. Sicolo was executive chef for the Grove Park Inn and Spa of Asheville, North Carolina. Chef Sicolo has served as executive chef for such landmark properties as the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa, the Boca Raton Resort and Spa of Boca Raton, Florida, and the Bellagio Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Earlier in his career he was executive chef for Little Dix Bay of the British Virgin Islands. Todd Sicolo is a graduate of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America, located in Hyde Park, New York. He is a member of the American Culinary Federation, and a Board Member of the Scottsdale Culinary Institute. Chef Sicolo has relocated to Los Angeles.

Todd Sicolo is an alumnus of Culinary Institute of America – Class of 1998.

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