Chef
Lamar Moore
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Venue
- etc. · Restaurant
Made By record
Awards & recognition
1 total
verified records
i. Biography
Lamar Moore’s career reads like kitchen repetition turned into authority: line work, banquet pressure, and ownership all sit on the same axis. The work is steady rather than theatrical. Each step points to the same craft questions—how to keep pace, how to keep standards up, and how to make a room move together. Today, Moore is the owner of etc. in Chicago.
The Climb
Training at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School gave Moore a formal base before the work hardened into habit. From 2003–2010, he was a cook at McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants in San Jose, California, where the daily demands of service would have reinforced speed, consistency, and clean execution. As Sous Chef at Chicago Bears in Chicago, Illinois, Moore worked in a setting where timing and coordination matter as much as flavor. By 2020–2020, he had moved to Executive Chef at Bugsy and Meyers Steakhouse at Caesars Entertainment at Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, and he has also served as Executive Chef at Bugsy & Meyer’s Steakhouse in Las Vegas. The progression shows a chef moving from training into greater responsibility without changing the core demands of the job: run the line, hold the standard, and keep the room moving. Since 2024, Moore has been chef and owner of ETC. Restaurant, a role that puts the day-to-day decisions of the kitchen under his control. Ownership here is less a title than a working position: the place, the pace, and the menu direction all sit inside the same set of choices.
Today
At etc. In Chicago, Moore is steering the food toward a more communal format. He put the direction plainly: “We’re going to go more family-style.” That kind of service changes how a table eats: dishes are built to be shared, not isolated, and the meal becomes a coordinated exchange rather than a sequence of individual plates.
In Their Words “We’re going to go more family-style.”
Career - Chef and Owner — ETC. Restaurant, Downtown Chicago, Illinois (2024–present) - Cook — McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants, San Jose, California (2003–2010) - Sous Chef — Chicago Bears, Chicago, Illinois - Executive Chef — Bugsy and Meyers Steakhouse at Caesars Entertainment at Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada (2020) Education: Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School
Recognition
Beef cooking is the specialty attached to Moore’s work. In trade terms, that specialization is often where a chef’s reputation gets fixed: not by doing everything, but by doing one area with enough control that it becomes identifiable.
FAQ What is Lamar Moore's current role? As of 2026, Lamar Moore is Owner. Where did Lamar Moore train or study? Lamar Moore trained at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary School. What is Lamar Moore known for? Beef cooking.
