Chef Shuffles

Tribute Replaces Brandon Baltzley with Lawrence Letrero

Photo: courtesy of Tribute

Last night we received a strange e-mail announcing that Lawrence Letrero was the new executive chef at Tribute, and that the South Loop restaurant planned to open next month. Last we heard, Brandon Baltzley was scheduled to run the new space after he had a brief run at Mado. The press release made no mention on Baltzley, but Eater checked in with the chef and confirmed that he was out, and that drugs may have played a roll. As for Letrero, he most recently was the Chef De Cuisine at Karyn’s On Green. [Eater]

Tribute Replaces Brandon Baltzley with Lawrence Letrero