Sage Restaurant Group

Jeff Bolton, Executive Chef for Second Home Kitchen and Bar and the JW Marriott, Cherry Creek, brings his passion for culinary excellence to the table by creating a unique restaurant, banquet and in-room dining, and overall experience in the 196-room luxury property that blends luxurious appointments with state-of-the-art amenities.

Denver native Jeff Bolton is glad to be home at Second Home, creating polished comfort food that’s innovative, unexpected and delicious. Since childhood, Bolton inherited a love of food from his Cuban grandfather, and knew he was destined for the kitchen. Because of his cultural upbringing, Bolton began experimenting with food from around the globe. Willing to try anything once, he bravely entered the unknown, sampling familiar dishes from every cuisine and adding his own flair.

Bolton graduated from The Culinary Institute of America with an associate degree in culinary arts in 2000; he also studied with local chefs John Platt and Erik Roeder at Q’s Restaurant in the Hotel Bolderado. Bolton honed his culinary skills in Kentucky, where he helped open Proof On Main, which was rated one of the 20 best new restaurants in the US by Esquire, New Jersey, Las Vegas, Martha’s Vineyard, Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina. In New York, alongside Chef Michael Paley, he prepared a James Beard dinner.

Robert has 20 + years in the hospitality industry with a diversified resume traveling through retail, emergency response services, independent restaurants, factory food production, full service and quick service chain restaurants and hotel/resorts. He began his carrier in an upscale country club, Columbia Lakes near the Houston, Texas area where he attended Brazosport College. He worked his way up with a regional quick service restaurant company, Whataburger Inc. where he was responsible for the South Texas region while attending Del Mar College for Hospitality Management. He found his entrepreneur calling in 1997 with the opening of Grandview Restaurant and Bar. After finding success he established Key Allegro Restaurants LLC. and opened several full service restaurants and catering business including Palapa, Dorado’s at Key Allegro, Key Allegro Catering Company, The Party Barge, and Base Logistics an emergency response catering company working with FIMA after natural disasters.  Robert served as a consultant to both Omni Hotels as well as HEB and Central Market Grocery Company where he developed HEP Plus chains. There he developed 9 restaurant concepts including Spoonz and Eat-Z as well as meal solutions, catering services and fully cooked meal programs. Robert joined the Sage family in 2009 and became the General Manager of Food and Beverage at the JW Marriott in Cherry Creek. He was recently was promoted to Regional Director of Operations with Sage Restaurant Group overseeing the Denver market.