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Michael’s on Naples names new chef

By Betty HallockDeputy Food Editor 
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Michael’s on Naples in Long Beach has hired a new chef to succeed Marco Cavuoto. Matthew Poley, who formerly worked with chef Gino Angelini at La Terza in Los Angeles, is taking the helm at the stoves.

‘Marco Cavuoto went on to new horizons,’ says a publicist for the restaurant, which was opened in December by first-time restaurateur Michael Dene. Cavuoto, from Milan, received two stars in May from Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila, who remarked on Cavuoto’s ‘wonderfully light hand with pastas.’

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Changes on the menu are already underway. Poley graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute in Scottsdale, Arizona, and has worked with Michelin-two-starred Gianfranco Vissani in Civitella del Lago, Italy.

-- Betty Hallock

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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