Chef Todd Gray announced the deal to take over the Fishing Lodge Cap Cana in the Punta Cana area was signed last week. Todd Gray is famous for the Equinox/Watershed and his culinary interpretations of US East Coast cuisine.
At the Cap Cana hotel he is expected to take Dominican and Caribbean food to new levels. As announced, the restaurant will open on 13 October at the hotel, and will be a version of Gray’s Market Salamander that will differ from the original Middleburg incarnation by being more of a cafe with a Caribbean spin. There is also going to be an open-air restaurant named Bistrot that Gray says will be “American in foundation with a little nod to some Spanish influences and obviously some Dominican Republic influences.”
Chef Todd Gray has served as culinary director of hospitality group Salamander Hospitality for years now, with nationally acclaimed establishments in Virginia, South Carolina and Tampa. The Cap Cana operation will be his first abroad.
Fishing Lodge Cap Cana is scheduled to open to guests as the Salamander Marina & Beach Resort on 12 October 2011.
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