Chef Brandt Evans, nationally acclaimed and a Cleveland Silver Spoon award winner is the former chef of Kostas restaurant in Tremont. Evans’ dream is to own and operate his own restaurant as he left his executive position at Kostas in Tremont, to form a partnership in fulfilling this dream.

Evans found his love for creating outstanding cuisine at the Inn at Turners Mill in Hudson, Ohio. This experience lead him to apply, become accepted and graduate from the Culinary Institute of America.

After Graduation, Evans interned at the prestigious Philadelphia Four Seasons Hotel where he worked and gained extensive knowledge in all culinary departments. For his outstanding performance, Evans was hired full-time.

To further his knowledge of food and beverage, Evans moved to Manhattan New York to work along side world-renowned Chef Charlie Palmer, at Alva’s. As Palmer’s sous chef, Evans responsibilities included new menu planning and execution.

In order to be closer to his family, Evans accepted an Executive Chef position at Wards Inn, in Moreland Hills, Ohio. Wards Inn was revered as one of Cleveland’s best with the help of Chef Evans culinary expertise.

To round-out his management skills, Evans took a General Manger and Executive Chef position with Kostas, where he was awarded numerous national accolades including: Zagats survey’s “Best New Restaurant”; a nomination from Cleveland Food Critic for “Best Youngest Chef”, in Food and Wine Magazine; a James Beard Foundation nomination as “Best Chef in the Midwest”.

Evans is well published both locally, in Cleveland metropolitan magazines, newspapers and trade journals, and nationally in wide markets such as Better Homes and Gardens. In addition, Evans has appeared on the TV Food Network representing the finest cuisine of Cleveland.

Since April of 2002, Voelker and Evans have been developing their restaurant concept. To enhance their vision, the two have traveled to most major US cities gathering selected recipes and design elements to create a one-of-a-kind, best-of-the-best, restaurant in Northeast Ohio.

Voelker, as owner of the Hilton Garden Inn Cleveland/Twinsburg will leverage the properties sales staff to cross-sell the restaurant and banquet facilities. Few restaurants can boast of a sales team of four, cross-selling banquets and meetings in the facility in 5 major surrounding markets. Voelker hopes to further improve the hotel occupancy by offering meeting and convention guests with a full service restaurant and bar, adjacent to the hotel. A win/win situation for Voelker, Evans, guests and the two facilities.