Awards & Recognition
★Two Michelin stars (original Cyrus, held for 7 consecutive years)
★One Michelin star (current Cyrus Geyserville)
★James Beard Award for Best Chef Pacific
★Top Chef Masters Season 5 winner ($120,000 donation to charity)
★Four stars from San Francisco Chronicle (7 consecutive years)
★Gourmet Magazine's Top 50 Restaurants in America
★AAA Five Diamond Award (2023)
★Esquire Magazine Chef of the Year
Notable Facts
→Operated two-Michelin-starred restaurant for 7 consecutive years
→Won Top Chef Masters Season 5 and donated entire $120,000 prize to Green Dog Rescue Project
→Cornell University Hotel Administration graduate
→Co-founded Green Dog Rescue Project in Sonoma County
→Author of memoir 'Culinary Leverage: A Journey Through the Heat' (2025)
→Revolutionized restaurant business model paying all employees $75,000 minimum with 4-day workweek
→Subject of Harvard Business School case study on sustainable hospitality
→Trained at prestigious NYC restaurants including Four Seasons and Lespinasse
→Closed successful restaurant in 2012 due to burnout, reopened innovative version in 2022