Photo: Konstantin Sergeyev
Anella, the Greenpoint restaurant that lost its chef, Michael Sullivan, back in September, has announced its new executive chef, Joseph Ogrodnek, will start in early February. According to the release, Ogrodnek, a CIA grad, has worked as lead line cook at Union Square Café, Chef de Partie at Alain Ducasse at the Essex House, and sous-chef at both Gramercy Tavern and Jean Georges at the Mark. In addition to bread and pizza baked in a brick oven, Ogrodnek plans to serve a local-minded menu (as in, certain vegetables will come from the back garden), including whipped ricotta, macaroni and cheese, potato-crusted chatham cod, and pork-and-bean cassoulet.
