Eataly Magazine is pleased to introduce you to Nicole Brisson, Executive Chef of the soon-to-open Eataly Las Vegas! At Eataly, we are proud to work with world-class chefs, who transform simple, high-quality ingredients into the delicious dishes in our restaurants. We want you to get to know the people behind the food, so we are presenting them via our series “Meet the Chef.”

When did you know you wanted to be a chef?
I knew from a very young age that I would be in the food industry in some way. My mom grew up working in my grandfather's restaurant and was an amazing home cook. I would help her in the garden, and we would can and preseve our harvest as we prepared for the long upstate New York winters. When she returned to the workforce, I took over cooking for our family until I moved out with my sister at age 15.