Our Chef

Chef Marc Ehrler • Executive Chef
Loews Ventana Canyon Resort

To calculate the number of diamonds and stars earned by hotels and resorts at which Marc Ehrler has played a star role in the kitchen would take more than your fingers and more than your toes.

A native of Antibes, on the French Riviera, between Cannes and Nice, Ehrler trained with world-renowned chefs, including Alain Ducasse, Jacques Maximin and Andre Daguin.  His cooking style, a tribute to his native Provence/Italy, and influenced by travels in the Caribbean, Latin America, California, Asia and now Florida, embraces respect for tradition and simplicity.

 

A master of food arts, Chef Ehrler has been praised by media, critics and celebrities. Chef Ehrler has been featured in Wine Spectator, Conde Nast Traveler, Travel & Leisure, Gourmet, Tattler and The New York Times, as well as, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, the Discovery Channel’s “Great Chefs of the World”, Best 10 Restaurants in the World, CNN International and the Food TV Network. He has participated in the James Beard House “Best Hotel Chefs Series” and recognized by the Culinary Academy of France. Chef Ehrler is the only Chef to have received two AAA 5 Diamond awards for 2 different restaurants within the same Hotel and has received the coveted Master Chef of France title in 2002.

Leading up to the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, he was executive chef with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company;  La Samanna, a Rosewood Hotel on the Island of St. Martin; the K-Club on Barbuda, a Bel Air hotel; the Stonehouse Restaurant at San Ysidro Ranch, a Relais et Châteaux in Santa Barbara, California; Antoine at Le Meridien, in Newport Beach; La Terrasse at Le Juana, in Juan les Pins, France; Westbury Hotel in New York; Maxims de Paris, in Paris and New York; Hotel de France, in Auche, France.

Chef Ehrler has hosted the SoBe Wine & Food Festival as well as the Tucson Culinary Festival.



Michael Scherzberg

General Manager Michael Scherzberg

Michael Scherzberg has spent years working across the globe in the food and beverage industry. Originally from Kansas City, Scherzberg has worked in culinary hot spots including Meadowood in Napa Valley and Patina Restaurant Group in Los Angeles.

He received a degree in international restaurant business while living in Australia and taught wine classes with "Wine Bible" author Karen MacNeil at Meadowood.

Scherzberg, who has a collection of Rieslings at home, stays current by tasting wine with the staff and frequently traveling to Las Vegas and New York City, where he visits as many Five Star and Five Diamond restaurants as possible.

mscherzberg@loewshotels.com
(520) 615-5494

Public Relations Manager

Jennifer Duffy
Public Relations Manager
520.529.7936