Stephen Trojahn – Executive Chef

Stephen Trojahn is the Corporate Executive Chef for Graves Hotels Resorts overseeing all food and beverage operations at the company’s owned and managed properties. In this role, he is also Executive Chef of Cosmos restaurant in the Graves 601 Hotel Minneapolis. Chef Trojahn has nearly 20 years of professional experience that spans fine-dining establishments in the U.S., Jamaica and Puerto Rico. He served as the Executive Chef of the Daufuskie Island Resort in South Carolina, the renowned ‘21’ Club in New York City, and The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch on Beaver Creek Mountain in Colorado. During his tenure with The Ritz-Carlton organization, he also held chef positions at hotels in Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Florida.

Throughout his career, Chef Trojahn has received many honors and awards, including Golden Fork and Bronze Fork awards from the Gourmet Diners Society of North America; a JD Powers’ ranking that rated the restaurant within The Ritz-Carlton San Juan #5 in the company worldwide; a feature in The Great Chefs of Puerto Rico Cookbook; appearances in local and national magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times; and television appearances, including a cooking segment on NBC’s Today Show. In addition to his career responsibilities, Chef Trojahn remains active in local and national charity events for Children’s Home Society and Share Our Strength