Brush Creek Ranch’s new executive chef comes to Wyoming from Colorado, where he was the chef in charge of that state’s only property with two Michelin Keys.

Chef Nicholas Pissare will try to replicate that achievement in Carbon County, though he is very “que sera sera” about it all.

“Every chef I’ve worked for has been James Beard nominated,” he said. “But (Michelin Keys) are not something that keeps me up at night. It’s not something I think about. If it comes, that’s a natural experience and organic, and that’s great.

"If it doesn’t, I don’t think that diminishes anything that Brush Creek does or that we do here.”

Michelin Keys are given out to hotels and resorts that include exclusive food service intended just for guests.

It’s a way of recognizing world-class food establishments w

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