Chef Christian Quiñones is an award-winning culinary leader with more than two decades of experience directing food and beverage operations at luxury hotels across Puerto Rico, New York, Miami, Atlanta, and Aspen. As Executive Chef at Hotel Phoenix, he oversees Zephyr Southern Brasserie and Bar Z, rooftop destination Bless Your Heart, in-room dining, banquets, and events.

A graduate of the Florida Culinary Institute and the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastián, Spain, Quiñones is a MasterChef Latino winner and the recipient of notable honors including Young Entrepreneur of the Year by SWIA and recognition among the Three Best Young Chefs of Puerto Rico by Primera Voz. No stranger to the Atlanta market, he previously served as Executive Chef of Hilton Atlanta, where he oversaw four outlets including the AAA Diamond-awarded Nikolai's Roof. Now, following a tenure leading food and beverage operations at the W Aspen, Quiñones is thrilled to bring his global perspective back to Atlanta. At Zephyr Southern Brasserie, Bar Z, and Bless Your Heart, his menus reflect a career spent cooking across cultures, Spanish technique and Caribbean roots finding a natural home in the flavors of the South.