{"id":1554,"date":"2017-03-12T22:39:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T05:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegrilledcheesetruck.com\/?page_id=1554"},"modified":"2017-03-24T17:45:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T00:45:33","slug":"our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegrilledcheesetruck.com\/?page_id=1554","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1489381184790{padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/thegrilledcheesetruck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gct-headerback13.jpg?id=1558) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”OUR FOUNDER” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1489382512538{margin-top: 270px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}” el_class=”entry-title-pro”][\/vc_column][vc_column el_class=”slatebox” css=”.vc_custom_1490403419771{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/thegrilledcheesetruck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gct-seamless-chalk.jpg?id=2384) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”1529″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1489381127379{margin-bottom: -21px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”The Big Cheese: Chef Dave Danhi” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:48px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1489382684271{margin-right: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;background-color: #ff7e00 !important;}” el_class=”box-title”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1489454387466{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}” el_class=”textblock”]\"\"David Danhi is the founder and culinary force behind\u00a0the Grilled Cheese Truck which has achieved significant\u00a0popularity locally as well as internationally with\u00a0numerous accolades including \u201cBest Food Truck\u201d\u00a0over 8 times from various media outlets and review\u00a0guides including: CBS LA.com (2012), LA Times\u00a0Readers Choice Award (2011), Klout.com \u201cMost\u00a0Influential Food Truck\u201d (2010& 2011), LA Hot List\u00a0(2011), ABC Channel 7 (2010), and Mobliecravings.com (2010), just to name a few. Mr. Danhi has been\u00a0engaged in the restaurant and food business for 30\u00a0years, with his melts having appeared on numerous\u00a0lists, naming them some of the best-grilled cheese\u00a0creations in the industry. Mr. Danhi is also the architect\u00a0of The Grilled Cheese Truck\u2019s social media initiatives. The truck is listed as the 3rd most influential\u00a0\u2018tweeter\u2019 in Los Angeles and is currently one of the\u00a0most followed food trucks on Facebook and Twitter\u00a0in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"In 2005 Mr. Danhi bought DD Factor, a hospitality\u00a0recruiting company that has been in LA since 1959\u00a0and has been an integral part of identifying management\u00a0for Southern California restaurants. Mr. Danhi\u2019s\u00a0culinary career includes Company Executive Chef\u00a0at Kings Seafood Company, from 1996 to 1999, and\u00a0Opening Chef at Habana Restaurant in Costa Mesa,\u00a0a Nuevo Latino restaurant that received best new\u00a0restaurant in Orange County in 1995. Mr. Danhi was\u00a0also Executive Chef at the now Michelin-starred Water\u00a0Grill restaurant from 1996 to 1998. From 1990 to 1992,\u00a0Mr. Danhi was Executive Chef at the Roxbury Supper\u00a0Club in Hollywood. In addition, Mr. Danhi held the\u00a0Executive Chef position at Georgia restaurant, also\u00a0in Hollywood from 1993 to 1995. At Georgia, Mr.\u00a0Danhi received numerous accolades including the\u00a0Robert Mondovi Award of Culinary Excellence (naming\u00a0him one of the country\u2019s top rising star chefs in\u00a01994), best restaurant of the year in 1993 by numerous\u00a0magazines including Bon App\u00e9tit, Esquire, and\u00a0Travel and Leisure, and best crab cakes in Los Angeles\u00a0two years in a row.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1489381216650{margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/thegrilledcheesetruck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gct_dividerback02.jpg?id=1438) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_class=”plate-divider”][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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