Bel Air Bar + Grill Brings New Chef and New Menu to LA Institution

Chef Chris Emerling has joined Bel Air Bar + Grill as Chef de Cuisine to launch an entirely new menu this October. Chef Emerling, a recent East Coast transplant, is creating California cuisine as he feels it should be, food without borders, where nothing is off limits.

Chef Emerling’s cuisine is heavily influenced by his time in the Michelin-starred kitchens of Benoît Violier, Philippe Rochat and Joël Robuchon, as well as his East Coast upbringing.

Chef Emerling’s new menu at the Los Angeles institution focuses on dishes that are locally sourced, globally inspired, and made in-house. Dishes on the fall menu will include:

Pork Cheeks slow braised, lemongrass, sweet potato gnocchi, three peas, tender parsley
Pacific Blanquette shrimp, calamari, scallop, salmon, braised endive, fennel, mushrooms, Normandy cream sauce, rispor
Tomato + Persimmon late season vine-ripened tomato, early season Fuyu persimmon, parsley leaves, Modena vinegar