About

Chef Virant has worked in some of the nation’s finest restaurants, including March in New York, Charlie Trotter, Ambria, Everest, Blackbird, and Vie in Chicago. Chef Virant will be the new Executive Chef and Partner at Perennial, renamed Perennial Virant and owned by Boka Group. BOKA RESTAURANT GROUP was founded by <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/mafiosi/144">Rob Katz</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/mafiosi/108">Kevin Boehm</a> in 2003 and includes some of Chicago's most popular restaurants including <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/131">Boka</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/147">Landmark Grill</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/512">Perennial Virant</a> with Executive Chef <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/mafiosi/146">Paul Virant</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/1507">GT Fish and Oyster</a> with Executive Chef <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/mafiosi/145">Giuseppe Tentori</a>, and Stephanie Izard's Restaurant, <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/766">Girl & The Goat</a>. Each of their restaurants is crafted individually and conceptually unique. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.bokagrp.com">www.bokagrp.com</a> Boka Group restaurants include: <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/766">Girl & The Goat</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/1507">GT Fish and Oyster</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/512">Perennial Virant</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/147">Landmark Grill</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://chicago.foodmafia.com/restaurant/131">Boka</a>