What’s Hot Now! Surfing Chefs

Three founders of Chefs Who Surf, a group that promotes ocean conservation and sustainable seafood, give us a taste of their seasonal specialties.

Chef Philippe Breneman learned to cook at L’Orient restaurant in Omaha, Nebraska, while working through college.

Photographer Ray Kachatorian, Stylist Jennifer Flanagan, Writer Steele Thomas Marcoux

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Chef Philippe Breneman

AQUARIUS,175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, California

Learned to cook: at L’Orient restaurant in Omaha, Nebraska, while working through college

Learned to surf: in Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz, during beach excursions with friends while growing up nearby in the Silicon Valley

Surf secret: These days, Philippe rides a Santa Cruz Mini Mal board.

Kitchen secret: He most enjoys running the line on a busy night. It gives him a rush like conducting a well-tuned orchestra.