Special guest appearance by Thomas Lents, a local Michelin Star Chef !
Thomas Lents is the Executive Chef of the Detroit Foundation Hotel, overseeing all food and beverage concepts including The Apparatus Room, Chef’s Table (voted Detroit Free Press Restaurant of the year this year) and the hotels in-room dining program. Originally from Battle Creek, Michigan, most recently, Lents served as executive chef at Sixteen Restaurant in Chicago. While at Sixteen, Lents earned critical recognition both nationally and regionally, with the restaurant receiving two Michelin stars, five-diamonds from AAA, five-stars from the Forbes Travel Guide, four-stars from Chicago Tribune, and four-stars from Chicago Magazine. In addition, Lents was a finalist for the Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence in 2014, and a semifinalist for the prestigious James Beard Foundation award for "Best Chef: Great Lakes" in 2015.