The Chef’s Touch offers full-service catering and gourmet foods that emphasize wine country cuisine. Kurt describes it as "passion-based cooking" - food cannot be separated from emotion and story and every dish is a form of expression. A fourth-generation Californian, Kurt brings 36 years of cooking experience to The Chef’s Touch. As a former Executive Chef for both Universal Studios Hollywood and Hyatt Hotels Chef Kurt's level of experience has put him at the top of his profession. One of his mentors was Gernot Leitzinger, former chef to the Prince of Austria, with whom he worked side by side at the Old Europe Restaurant in Pacific Grove. Chef Kurt's passion for cooking, use of only the finest ingredients and his attention to detail come together to provide his customers with an extraordinary experience.