Max Loesch

Max Loesch has been steering the kitchen at Bar La Grassa in Minneapolis as Executive Chef since 2021, a role that places him squarely at the center of one of the city’s most closely watched dining rooms. His path there was shaped by a Chef de Cuisine post at Burch, a progression that gives his career a clear, disciplined line through the upper reaches of restaurant kitchens. In both roles, the emphasis is on leadership: the steady coordination, split-second judgment, and calm authority that define a chef responsible not just for food, but for the rhythm of service itself. What emerges from Loesch’s profile is a professional trajectory built on responsibility rather than spectacle. He has moved through senior kitchen titles with the kind of continuity that suggests a chef comfortable in the demanding, exacting cadence of restaurant life. At Bar La Grassa, that means holding the pass, shaping standards, and guiding a team through the nightly pressure that turns a dining room from busy to seamless. His earlier time as Chef de Cuisine at Burch adds another layer to that story, marking a role that deepened his experience at a high level and prepared him for the larger authority he holds now.