Melissa (AOS Culinary Arts 1999) was recently profiled in Virginia’s Flavor Magazine. Melissa is the Executive Chef of Palladio Restaurant, located at the beautiful Barboursville Vineyards.
Flavor Magazine asks, “Does Chef Melissa Close-Hart pinch herself when she arrives at work—a restaurant surrounded by vineyards, with a kitchen garden tended by a horticulturalist and ingredients raised by local farmers who plant to her specifications?”
