BRIAN MUNFORD
Brian Munford is chef and co-owner of Patina Grill, located in the quickly growing Short Pump area. Brian learned the restaurant trade in the coastal area just north of San Francisco, amid a wealth of international influences, remarkable natural bounty, and the food revolution of the 1980's. Before opening Patina, he spent time at several Richmond restaurants including Millie's and Havana '59, and also in Charlottesville at Metropolitain and Mono Loco. Since opening in 1998, Patina Grill has provided innovative fine dining in the far West End. Selected as the best restaurant in the West End by readers of Richmond Magazine in 1999, 2000, and 2001.

MARK WALSH
Mark Walsh has been in the restaurant business for 25 years traveling from Pennsylvania to California, and now Virginia for the last 11 years. His family opened a restaurant in Pennsylvania in 1977, and owned it for ten more successful years. He learned the basics early on from his father, Robert, and afterwards spent a decade honing his skills in numerous restaurants around San Francisco. Mark took a short hiatus to teach tennis for a few years in the early 90's, and after that he started a lighting consulting business while tending bar at Patina. Mark has been at Patina Grill since the first day and according to him, "this is a fantastic place to work; the staff is superior and the guests that come to dine at Patina make my job a pleasure." When he's not at Patina, he likes to spend time with his family, play guitar, and play tennis.