Gerard Cribbin was born in Cleveland, Ohio and now resides in Mauldin, South Carolina. He is the chef and coproprietor of Gerard's Restaurant in Greer. He is partnered with Robert Conway who he met in Puerto Rico in 1994. Mr. Conway was Gerard's favorite customer and Gerard was Mr. Conway's favorite chef.
Their vision of opening a fine dining restaurant in the upstate started in June of 2000. Mr. Conway flew the chef and his family into Greenville and it was love at first sight! Gerard moved to Greenville in May 2002. Plans were developed and the restaurant opened to the public on June 9, 2003. His family includes his wife Jessamine, daughter Samantha and sons Geronimo and Tucker.
The backbone of his culinary training came from the famed Filomena restaurant in Washington D. C. where he spent ten years working directly under the tutelage of Commendatore Vittorio Testa. He has cooked for many dignitaries and celebrities including George Bush Sr., German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Dick Cheney, Alan Greenspan, and Charlton Heston among many others. Since the age of fifteen he has worked in restaurants and has known since then that it was his life's calling. Recently the restaurant was featured in Southern Living Magazine and has been very successful in its first three years of operation.
