Chef Beau MacMillan has cooked in some of America’s most distinguished kitchens. A two-time
James Beard Foundation award nominee for Best Chef: Southwest, he is one of Arizona’s most
notable and well-respected chefs.
Helming The Americano, a high-end Italian-inspired steakhouse in Scottsdale, and Mora Italian,
a modern osteria in Phoenix, he serves as the head of culinary in collaboration with Creation
Hospitality. Rediscovering his fine-dining roots, he also leads the culinary program at Tell Your
Friends, an underground craft cocktail and live music lounge located underneath The
Americano, a collaboration between Creation Hospitality and Clive Collective.
He operates the popular Cala at Scottsdale’s Senna House, which he and partners Clive
Collective opened in 2022, featuring modern coastal cuisine inspired by the Mediterranean.
Before that, he was the executive chef at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain and its signature
restaurant, Elements, for over 20 years.
With a prestigious career spanning more than 35 years, his culinary journey began at the age of
16 with a position at Crane Brook Restaurant and Tea Room in Carver, Massachusetts before
joining the brigade at La Vieille Maison in Boca Raton, Florida, rising to the position of sous
chef. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he held sous chef positions at the prestigious Hotel
Bel-Air and later Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica before opening Elements, earning
national recognition and acclaim.
A Food Network regular, he first competed on “Iron Chef America” in 2006 against Iron Chef
Bobby Flay in “Battle American Kobe Beef.” Chef MacMillan’s cuisine reigned supreme, letting
him claim victory over Flay. He’s since made regular appearances on Food Network shows,
including 13 seasons of “Guy’s Grocery Games,” “Next Iron Chef,” “Best Thing I Ever Ate,”
along with hosting “Worst Cooks in America.”
Chef MacMillan hails from Plymouth, Massachusetts and is an alumnus of Johnson & Wales
University in Providence, Rhode Island.
