Nevielle Panthaky

Nevielle Panthaky is the Vice President of Culinary at Chipotle Mexican Grill, overseeing culinary strategy, menu innovation, product commercialization and cross-functional collaboration with supply chain, marketing and operations. Mr. Panthaky, a classically trained chef who joined the organization in 2018, is recognized for insight-driven menu creation, category-leading innovation and scalable execution rooted in real ingredients and classical techniques. He guides teams of chefs and cross-functional experts from initial validation through pilots and national launches and leads experimentation at the Chipotle Cultivate Center, an innovation kitchen at UCI Research Park in Irvine, California.

Mr. Panthaky’s career spans hotels, fine dining and leading national restaurant brands. Raised by a hotelier and immersed in hospitality, Mr. Panthaky moved to the United States over two decades ago. He graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in 2003 and began his career in New York’s fine-dining restaurants. Subsequent roles included culinary leadership at P.F. Chang’s, Panda Restaurant Group and Dine Brands.

Mr. Panthaky holds an MBA from the University of California, Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business.