Chef Shawn Bell
Since 1999 Chef Shawn Bell has been an Executive Chef for the McCormick & Schmick’s restaurants, and recently moved to Las Vegas to take the Executive position at the Hughes Center location. Chef Bell grew up in Vallejo, California and graduated from the Western Culinary Institute. After working as management Chef for a prominent local hotel in downtown Portland he moved on to take the Catering Chef position in 1996 for Jake’s Grill and later the Sous Chef position at Jake’s Famous Crawfish Restaurant, the flagship restaurant for McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants.
Since then, Chef Bell has opened a number of restaurants for McCormick & Schmick’s, including San Diego and Rhode Island, appeared on the Food Network program “Ready, Set, Cook” as well as numerous appearances on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, and taught or demonstrated cooking at various Macy’s and Kitchen Classics stores.
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Recipes by Chef Bell
Coriander Crusted Halibut Fillets Served with Truffle Risotto and Wild Mushroom Saute
Fresh poached salmon fillets served with delicious raspberry yogurt sauce.
Soft shell crab with mustard seed and lemon butter sauce, accompanied with chipotle mashed potatoes
Cheap and easy to make homemade veggie wash keep your vegetable fresh and get rid of all the pesticides and wax from the produce.
Salmon Rangoons in shape of Beautiful little basket serve with sweet chilli sauce.
Salmon Fillets Roasted on Cedar Plank served with a Pacific Northwest Pinot Noir and Blackberry Sauce