Andrew Manion
Copley
Executive
Chef & Co-Owner
Andrew
Manion Copley has 20 years of culinary experience in
five star establishments. After completing his culinary
degree at Westminster Culinary College in London, Chef Andrew
Manion Copley began a career path that would take him
literally around the world.
Chef Manion
Copley obtained valuable culinary and operational
experience while working at esteemed establishments such
as the Savoy and
Park
Lane
Hotels in
London. Then it was on
to the luxurious ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II, where
he worked in the ship’s formal dining
room.
In 1994,
Chef Manion Copley was recruited to the Grand Hyatt on
the Sunshine
Coast in
Australia. The same year,
with Manion Copley on board, the hotel received the
Petrees Award for #1 restaurant in the State, an award
they would continue to win over the next three
years.
1997 brought
Chef Manion Copley to Hawaii, where he joined the Ritz
Carlton Maui. World-renown
chef Jean Pierre Dubray, would later invite Manion
Copley to the prestigious Ritz Carlton San
Francisco. In 1998, the
Ritz Carlton San Francisco was awarded #1 hotel
in the city, #4 in the U.S., and the
#1 formal dining room.
In 1999,
Andrew was appointed the Executive Chef at the Lodge at
Koele on the island of Lanai, Hawaii. Andrew quickly
received awards for the #1 restaurant in Hawaii for 3
consecutive years and #3 resort restaurant in the
world.
Andrew
relocated to the Coachella Valley in December
2003 to open his own restaurant. After
several months of searching, Andrew found the perfect
location in Palm Springs,
the former Cary Grant
Estate.