Einav Gefen

Chef Einav Gefen joined Restaurant Associates in 2021 as a Chef | Innovator supporting the company's continued path of quality, innovation, growth, and purpose.

Chef Einav's career began as a pastry chef at Orna & Ella and then as a sous chef at Mul-Yam in Tel Aviv, Israel. Mul-Yam Restaurant was named the top restaurant by the French restaurant guide, Gault-Millau, and the world's 114th best restaurant by Les Grandes Tables du Monde.

Since then Einav has traveled the world, growing and sharing her experiences. A graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education (formerly known as Peter Kump's), she interned at New York's Daniel restaurant and was the executive chef at Danal in Manhattan's East Village. Her work there gained the attention of Time Out Restaurant Guide 2001, where she received a critic's pick write-up.