Executive Chef Bryan Skelton comes to us from White Bluff Resort where he has been the Sous Chef of the Lighthouse Restaurant. He is a 1999 graduate of the culinary apprenticeship program at El Centro College in Dallas. Bryan did his apprenticeship at the Harvey Hotel-DFW and Adams Mark- Dallas. He stayed with Harvey Hotel until joining Double Diamond in 2005.

 

Chef Skelton was born in Texas, but raised on a farm in rural Iowa and considers both to be the primary influences on his personal cooking style. He developed a love of fresh quality ingredients growing up on his family’s farm where they raised livestock and kept a garden and orchard that provided fresh produce all summer and through freezing and canning supplied them in the fall and winter. Bryan moved to Dallas in 1993 and was quickly drawn into the thriving restaurant culture. His years with Harvey Hotel gave him a love of Southwestern cooking and a commitment to the highest standards of service and quality. He considers his culinary style Texas cuisine as it is a fusion of Latin, Asian and southern cuisines with classical cooking technique.

 

Bryan lives in Whitney, Texas with his wife Amanda who is a college instructor and involved in theatre. He has two daughters; Ashley,12 and Hayley, 9, who both want to be chefs when they grow up. Chef Skelton enjoys camping, gardening and following the Dallas Cowboys in his spare time.