Chef Shuffles

Saison Steals New Pastry Chef Away From New York’s Corton

Shawn Gawle
Shawn Gawle Photo: Courtesy of Corton

Shawn Gawle, the pastry chef at New York restaurant Corton (owned by Drew Nieporent), is coming west to take over the sweet side of things at Saison. Gawle was one of five pastry chefs in the country honored by Food & Wine this year in their first ever Best New Pastry Chefs issue, along with Quince’s Devin McDavid. Saison has not officially announced a pastry chef since losing Matt Tinder to Coi last year, though some staff members had been covering the pastry station in the interim, with the aid of executive chef Joshua Skenes. So, you can expect Saison’s pastry game to get knocked up a notch shortly — Gawle starts work at the end of August. [UlteriorEpicure/Twitter]

Saison Steals New Pastry Chef Away From New York’s Corton