Executive Chef Carl Schaubhut

Chef Carl Schaubhut is a New Orleans native who is 28 years of age.  Coming from a Cajun French and Italian background, as well as a hint of German, Carl literally grew up in the kitchen.  Coming from a very large extended family of cooks, some even published, the kitchen was always the gathering spot in his family.  He attended Louisiana State University, and graduated with a degree in business management with an entrepreneurship concentration.  Knowing he one day aspired to go to culinary school, he began working in various restaurants in the Baton Rouge area, while self learning cooking and gaining food knowledge.

After school, he decided to round out his skills by working in the front of the house under Chef Tom Wolfe, then owner of Wolfe’s of New Orleans and now of Peristyle and Wolfe’s in the Warehouse.  He gained a plethora of wine, food, and fine dining knowledge there.  He then went on to open Fire! in New Orleans in 2005 under then Chef Sunny Groom, formerly of the St. Supery Winery in Napa, CA.  After hurricane Katrina, Carl once again opened Fire!, he and the kitchen staff helped revive a restaurant and a city, being one of the first restaurants open after the storm.  With a faltering neighborhood and a great opportunity in Grayton Beach, Carl took the reigns to open Fire! for a third time as Executive Chef. The chef’s cuisine is as inspired as he is by many cultures and cuisines that he has been a part of growing up in a diverse city such as New Orleans.  His food has been described as casual fine dining American contemporary.  Chef Carl strives to incorporate different types of ingredients, cuisines, and techniques, along with freshness and locality, in all the dishes he designs.  He is young, full of passion, and continues to grow;

“The minute you stop learning is the minute you stop cooking.”