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John Rivera Sedlar

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Years	Place	City	Position
[1996 - 1997]	Encounter Restaurant	Los Angeles	Co-owner/Partner Consulting Chef
2010 - 2013	Playa	Los Angeles	Chef & Partner
2008 - 2014	Rivera	Los Angeles	Chef & Co-owner
--	Sedlar's Southwest Kitchen	Los Angeles	Owner/Proprietor Chef
2023 - 2024	ZOZO	Los Angeles	Chef & Owner
1980 - 1992	Saint Estephe	Manhattan Beach	Executive Chef Co-owner/Partner
--	Abiquiu	San Francisco	Partner Consulting Chef
2014 - 2020	Eloisa	Santa Fe	Chef & Proprietor
--	Abiquiu	Santa Monica	Executive Chef Co-owner/Partner
1991 - 1994	Bikini	Santa Monica	Executive Chef Co-owner/Partner
[1996]	Billboard Live	West Hollywood	Consulting Chef
--	L'Ermitage	West Hollywood	Apprentice/Commis

Last updated: 2025-01-04

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Chef John Rivera Sedlar is the founder of the Tamale Museum, was scheduled to open in Los Angeles in 2008 but has been delayed. The museum previously occupied space in the Rancho Room of the Mission San Juan Capistrano, in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Southwest cuisine
Tamales

Chef of the Year, Esquire Magazine (2011)

Great Chile Relleno Book, Ten Speed Press (2002, Softcover, 160 pages)
Tamales, John Wiley & Sons (1997, Hardcover, 128 pages)
Modern Southwest Cuisine, Simon & Schuster (1986, Hardcover, 222 pages)

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