Chris Castro

Executive Chef

Chef Castro started his journey as a dishwasher at the age of 16, he would watch the cooks working and think to himself “he could do it”, he pushed himself to move up quickly while finishing high school. After attending culinary school at a local community college. Chef Castro continued to work his way up and move on to different ventures to learn new cuisines and advanced techniques. Chef Castro was the executive sous chef at a boutique hotel in Albuquerque, NM and decided to make the jump to AZ to get the big city experience. Chef Castro worked at the Hyatt downtown Phoenix as the Chef De Cuisine of the Compass restaurant.

Chef Castro continued from there to work in positions at Marriott, Hilton, The Scott, and eventually heading North as Executive Sous Chef at Enchantment resort. After his time up north, he decided to come back to Phoenix to be closer to family. This is when he took the jump to Executive chef at a country club and then a corporate chef, before landing at the Omni Tempe to open as the Executive chef. Chef Castro has put his whole life into what he does and his passion for this industry and giving guest great experiences through his food. He became a chef because there is nothing better than expressing your passion, heart, creativity all on a blank canvas using your hands as your brushes to paint your work of art.