ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Hawks Basketball Club has hired award-winning chef Joe Schafer as Executive Chef for Philips Arena. As Executive Chef, Schafer will use his vast culinary experience to impact all aspects of the food, dining and hospitality experience inside Philips Arena, including curating special event-specific menus for Hawks games and concerts in the soon-to-debut Courtside Club and signature Hawks Bar.
The Georgia native previously served as executive chef at Bacchanalia, one of Atlanta’s Forbes Travel Guide 4-star restaurants, and Little Bacch, where he established himself as one of Atlanta’s premier chefs and redefined the culinary landscape in the city with his thoughtfully elegant menus.