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Executive Chef Guillermo Tellez

Tellez's 20-year restaurant resume, spans from the famed Charlie Trotter empire to the renowned Striped Bass restaurant, to Philadelphia's Starr Restaurant Organization. In 1989, Tellez began a globetrotting odyssey for Trotter, learning the Grand Cuisine level of sophistication, while absorbing the flavors and cultures of different lands. Tellez's travels finally planted him in Las Vegas, where he became Chef de Cuisine of Restaurant Charlie at the MGM Grand. Shortly thereafter, Tellez was named the first winner of the James Beard Foundation's Felipe Rojas-Lombardi Award of Achievement for Hispanic Chefs. Accolades flowed in regularly from there. A few months after opening "C," another Charlie Trotter restaurant in Los Cabos, for instance, the establishment was listed as a "Best of the Best" in the Robb Report.

In 2009, Tellez joined the Kimpton family as the Executive Chef of Hotel Palomar Philadelphia's Square 1682, where he married the rich flavors of his experiences with each dish. Today, Chef Tellez takes a step back to oversee our sister restaurant across town - The Red Owl Tavern - while Chef de Cuisine Mateo makes her mark on a newly refurbished Square 1682.

Chef de Cuisine Caitlin Mateo

Now leading day-to-day operations at Square 1682 - from vision through fruition - Mateo has fostered a growing following for her Modern American cuisine that brings exquisite ingredients together in a skillful manner that "lets the flavors speak for themselves." Regarding Tellez as her most valued mentor and a major influence in her culinary style, Mateo's dedication to cooking healthy, delicious food is a tenet of Square 1682's cuisine and in keeping with her very own ethos.