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Tyler Florence and Wife Tolan Talk Earned Success, and Their Mill Valley Home Base

The Florences at El Paseo.
The Florences at El Paseo. Photo: Russell Yip/Chron

Celebrity chef Tyler Florence and his most essential business partner, his wife Tolan Florence, got profiled in yesterday’s Chronicle, a year after they opened El Paseo in Tolan’s hometown of Mill Valley. The couple opened three restaurants in quick succession in 2010 and 2011, including Wayfare Tavern and Rotisserie & Wine, and they’re now settling into the groove of their small local empire after Tyler spent most of the last decade as a TV chef. “We had to earn it, and I’m proud of it,” Tyler says, adding, “They say overnight successes take fifteen years. Well, here we are.” [Chron]

Tyler Florence and Wife Tolan Talk Earned Success, and Their Mill Valley Home