ST. KITTS
St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino announced the appointment of the newest addition to its culinary team, Executive Chef Wayne Michaelson. Michaelson will assist in overseeing daily operations of the resort’s eight onsite restaurants as well as catering for special events.
“We’re so glad to have Chef Michaelson join our team and we’re looking forward to the new inspiration he will bring to our food and beverage program,” said Jacques Hamou, general manager of St. Kitts Marriott.
Michaelson comes to St. Kitts from the Macon Marriott City Center and brings more than 30 years of experience in the kitchen. Before his job in Macon, where he supervised seven kitchens, a catering facility for 2,500 people, a convention center seating 5,000 people and a sports arena accommodating 13,000 guests, Chef Michaelson owned and operated his own restaurant for a decade. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of Americahe began his career in hospitality at OmniHotels & Resorts in 1984 in Alabama as an Executive Chef. He then moved to Puerto Rico in 1986 where he worked for prominent hotels such as the Caribe Hilton Hotel & Casino, the Hyatt Regency Cerromar Resort, the Hyatt Dorado Beach Resort & Golf Club, and the El San Juan Hotel & Casino, Waldorf Astoria Collection hotel.
Chef Michaelson is a six-time winner of the American Culinary Federation and a recipient of the Judges Special Award and Most Outstanding Piece in the Show in American Culinary Federation (ACF) culinary competitions. He was also voted Best Restaurateur by the Puerto Rico Hotel & Tourism Association.
