Chef
Rene Mata
- Discipline
- Chef
- Based in
- Santa Monica, California, United States
i. Biography
Career At Chinois on Main in Santa Monica, the kitchen is shaped by continuity: Rene Mata now serves as Executive Chef at the same restaurant where he worked as a line cook in 1987. That kind of return gives the role its weight. The address is the constant, and the progression from line cook to Executive Chef marks the distance built over time inside one room.
The Essentials - Current post: Executive Chef. - Dated kitchen role: Line cook, 1987. - Career through-line: the same Santa Monica restaurant connects those two roles.
Profile updated July 2026
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Who is Rene Mata?
Rene Mata is a chef whose path runs from a 1987 line-cook job to an executive kitchen post.
What is Rene Mata known for?
He is known for kitchen work at the restaurant, from the line role to leading it.
Where does Rene Mata work?
He works at Chinois on Main in Santa Monica.
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