After just two months, the chef at Robert in the Museum of Arts and Design is gone. Brady Duhame and Ark Management CEO Michael Weinstein parted ways this week after a philosophical disagreement. “We were pumping out the numbers and they wanted to add more covers,” sighs Duhame. “I wanted something more contemporary and a little higher end. As a chef, I wanted to do my dream food and make the owners happy by making money, but Michael’s restaurants aren’t chef-driven, and the adjustments they wanted to make were taking me out of the dishes.”
Matt Kauffman, Robert’s sous-chef, has taken over the kitchen. “Matt shows spark and we want to support him,” says Weinstein. “Brady is a good guy and a very fine chef, but we had a different management style. There is no question that I have an ego about it, but I’ve been successful and I try to make decisions that are right for my investment and my shareholders.”