Reed Adelson

Teaches at Leisurely

After finishing school at the University of Tampa where he focused on pre-law, Reed decided to pursue a life in food and wine by moving to Chicago to work at Charlie Trotter’s renown eponymous restaurant. He worked his way from the bottom of the ranks to the top, eventually becoming captain in Chicago until he was asked to move to Las Vegas to work as the Dining Room Manager at Restaurant Charlie inside the Palazzo tower of The Venetian. After Las Vegas, Reed returned home to Manhattan to help Jean-Georges Vongerichten open The Mark Restaurant on Madison Avenue. The Mark went on to garner two stars in The New York Times and continues to be one of the Upper East Side’s hottest tables. Looking to branch out and try something other than fine dining, Reed moved downtown to work as Assistant General Manager at Andrew Carmellini and Robert De Niro’s Locanda Verde restaurant where he has been up until opening Virginia’s.