BRAD CECCHI, CHEF/PARTNER, CANON

Brad Cecchi is the co-owner and chef of the popular East Sacramento restaurant Canon. Canon features shareable contemporary American cuisine in a welcoming environment.

 

Brad started his career in Sacramento when he was 16 years old, washing dishes and making pizzas at the Embassy Suites Hotel. It was there that he discovered a passion for restaurant industry. He later graduated from the Culinary Arts program at American River College and the Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park. After school, Brad returned to Sacramento and was part of the opening team at Mulvaney’s B&L with Patrick Mulvaney. Over the next few years he worked at some of the best restaurants in the Sacramento area and eventually landed at The Citizen Hotel and Grange where over the next six years he served as chef de cuisine under Michael Tuohy and Oliver Ridgway. Grange gave him the experience and freedom to express his style and establish a presence and strong reputation in the community.

 

Leaving Grange was bittersweet, but, in order to grow he packed up his family, and joined former Grange general manager Troy Christian in opening Urban Farmer and the Westin Downtown Cleveland, Brad as its executive chef and Troy the general manager. This 200 seat farm to table steakhouse, 484 room hotel, and $15 million food and beverage sales project was his biggest project to date and gave him the tools needed to go to the next challenge, a Michelin Starred restaurant in Napa Valley.

 

As the Chef de Cuisine and later Executive Chef of the Solbar in the 88 room, luxury hotel resort, Solage Calistoga, Solbar was able to maintain its Michelin Star not once but twice in 2016 and 2017. While at Solbar he was able to use ingredients from his hometown of Sacramento, like Passmore Ranch Caviar and Capay Organics produce, to showcase his style and sense of home to visitors of Napa Valley.

 

Brad kept a close eye on Sacramento's burgeoning restaurant scene with dreams of one day returning home to open his own restaurant. When Clay Nutting called with an opportunity to partner on a venture in East Sacramento, Brad saw a chance to bring his dream to fruition. Canon opened in the Fall of 2017.

 

Canon is open Tuesday - Saturday for dinner and Saturday and Sunday for brunch. For more information, visit canoneastsac.com.