Executive Chef, Courtright’s Restaurant
 Jonathan C. Harootunian, Executive Chef |
Life’s curveballs often send people in completely unexpected directions - a lesson 4-star Chef Jonathan Harootunian knows all too well. While many chefs get into the restaurant industry by accident, in Harootunian’s case, it literally took a car accident to propel him into the business. Needing to get his car back on the road, 21-year-old Harootunian took a job as a line cook. Although he did not know it at the time, he began on the path towards a lifetime in restaurants. When his original plans to apprentice as a high-end woodworker hit a roadblock, it became clear that the culinary arena offered him the ideal canvas on which to express his innate creativity and talent for working with his hands. Says Harootunian, “I don’t think I ever had it in my mind to become a chef. I think it actually became me.” |
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Courtright's Restaurant
8989 S. Archer Avenue
Willow Springs, IL 60480
Phone 708-839-8000