Chaz on the Plaza’s Jason Wiggin talks guilty pleasures and back rashers
| Wiggin rules the kitchen at the Raphael Hotel. |
Jason Wiggin, the 28-year-old executive chef at Chaz on the Plaza in the Raphael Hotel, had been the executive chef at the Phillips Hotel earlier in his career (which also included a stint at Maker’s Mark in the P&L District) and wanted to work for a restaurant in an upscale boutique hotel.
There aren’t that many of those in Kansas City. Immediately before joining the Raphael several weeks ago, Wiggin had been the executive chef at the Aladdin Hotel in downtown Kansas City for eight months. It wasn’t such a good fit since that restaurant’s attractive dining venue, the Zebra Room, has been unable to find an identity. The Raphael Hotel, on the other hand, remains the premier boutique lodging spot in the city. And Wiggin is thrilled to be there – and to sit down and answer Fat City’s Five Questions.
