Chef Ed Witt is a veteran of several acclaimed kitchens. He was part of Jardinière’s opening team, was also there for restaurant Daniel’s move to 65th Street, and he helped open Nicole’s at Nicole Fahri, which garnered two stars from the Times in 1999. Witt was executive chef of Varietal, the Chelsea wine bar/seasonal American number that ultimately closed in June of last year after a one star Bruni bedazzler, a few kitchen shakeups, and the general knell that sounds for an empty, Jetsons-style restaurant at dinnertime.

Witt has moved on and is now the chef of Bloomingdale Road, located on the Upper West Side in the former Aix space, where he cooks eclectic New American food. For instance, Witt’s Lamb Julep riffs on both the traditional mint jelly served with leg of lamb and the archetypal julep cocktail. He also serves ham steeped in Coca Cola served with pickled onions and coarse mustard. Witt considers California chefs Richard Reddington and Traci Des Jardins to be his mentors. He has a lot of tattoos and wears a custom modified dishwasher shirt in place of a more traditional chef’s jacket. Witt also has two poodles, and is apparently single.

Chef Witt has many tattoos including full sleeves, neck tattoos and two swallows tattooed on the top of his head.

Check out his tattoos here