Photo by Kathy Tran
In July 2022, world master chef Sharon Van Meter told the Advocate that she was one-third retired.
Van Meter was recently announced as the Chef Chair for the Dallas Arboretum food and wine festival happening later this week, so she isn’t slowing down.
But she may be shifting gears.
Chef Luke Rogers, who has worked with Van Meter at Beckley in the past and has also spent time at Savor and Cathedral, has purchased majority share of the restaurant and will work as the executive chef, the Dallas Observer reports. Van Meter will stay on as a partner.
When Van Meter started developing a concept for Beckley 1115 at the beginning of the pandemic, she was creating a “neighborhood wine bar,” which Advocate reporter Rachel Stone referred to as “chill and affordable.”
Rogers wants to keep that vibe, but create a menu that changes seasonally, according to the Observer.
Photos recently posted to the Beckley 1115 instagram show garlic shrimp agnolotti, a duck confit tostada and a shrimp ceviche, beef tartare and tuna crude trio as some of the new additions to the menu.
“We are preparing a chef driven menu without borders, it will change frequently and we have an extensive selection of wines from all over the world,” Rogers wrote in an instagram post.
