Jaclyn Sanett

Coming Up

Front-of-house work gives Jaclyn Sanett’s career its structure: service first, then management, then kitchen oversight. The sequence matters. At Rok Sushi, Roladin Bakery Cafe, and Lure Fish House, the work stayed close to the floor, where timing, communication, and consistency are measured in real time. That base carried into Hillstone Restaurant Group, where successive roles — server and Shift Lead, manager, Senior Assistant Manager, and Culinary Manager — show the handoff from running a station to carrying broader operational responsibility. Sanett continues to work as a server at Sakana Japanese Restaurant while also serving as General Manager at Hillstone Restaurant Group and Executive Chef of R+D Kitchen. The combination places service, administration, and culinary authority in the same career arc, with each role reinforcing the others.

Where They Are Now

In Santa Monica, California, United States, Sanett holds the title of Executive Chef at R+D Kitchen. The role sits at the kitchen end of a path built in dining rooms and management offices, giving weight to decisions shaped by both guest-facing work and daily operations.

Signature

New American cooking is the label attached to Jaclyn Sanett, and it fits a career organized around adaptability. The throughline is not a single technique but a working fluency across service, supervision, and kitchen leadership, with the discipline of hospitality as the constant.

In Their Words “I have been blessed to learn under my General Manager, Lauren LaGrone, who has taught me the importance of transparency and coaching.” “I am excited to continue this legacy of investment in those around me into my hospitality journey.” Those lines point to a leadership style built on clarity and coaching rather than performance alone. In practical terms, that means hospitality as an operating system: communication, trust, and follow-through, carried across the floor and into the kitchen.

Honors

The key marker in her profile is her Executive Chef role at R+D Kitchen.