FEATURING THE CULINARY EXPRESSIONS OF CELEBRITY CHEF & SOMMELIER MICHAEL SICHEL
FEATURING THE CULINARY EXPRESSIONS OF CELEBRITY CHEF & SOMMELIER MICHAEL SICHEL
BEACHFRONT DINING IN DESTIN, FLORIDA
FOOD, FEEL, FAMILY
Now open, the Soleil experience is served through the creative soul of celebrity Chef & Sommelier Michael Sichel’s food combined with our warm belonging atmosphere. The truly exquisite setting of sun, sand, and sea will be reflected in seasonal brunch, lunch, and dinner menus.
Come create memories with us. Chef Sichel invites you — whether in our dining room, al fresco on our beachfront patio, or perched on a seat in our cocktail bar — to come share food that will make you smile.
Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday: Lunch 11:00am – 3:00pm
Tuesday – Saturday: Dinner 5:00pm
Sunday Brunch: 11:00am – 3:15pm
BEACHFRONT DINING IN DESTIN, FLORIDA
FOOD, FEEL, FAMILY
Now open, the Soleil experience is served through the creative soul of celebrity Chef & Sommelier Michael Sichel’s food combined with our warm belonging atmosphere. The truly exquisite setting of sun, sand, and sea will be reflected in seasonal brunch, lunch, and dinner menus.
Come create memories with us. Chef Sichel invites you — whether in our dining room, al fresco on our beachfront patio, or perched on a seat in our cocktail bar — to come share food that will make you smile.
Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday: Lunch 11:00am – 3:00pm
Tuesday – Saturday: Dinner 5:00pm
Sunday Brunch: 11:00am – 3:15pm
CHEF MICHAEL SICHEL
Executive Chef | Sommelier
As a New York native, Chef Michael Sichel grew up immersed in the ingredients, heritage, and family-style cooking of his Italian roots. A Culinary Institute of America (CIA) grad, Sichel’s first job in the kitchen was at New York City’s legendary Gotham Bar and Grill, and he credits its pioneering Chef Alfred Portale as his most influential culinary inspiration.
Chef Sichel has since been in the kitchens of Rubicon (Drew Nieporent’s San Francisco blockbuster restaurant), the Abbey of Sainte Croix (Salon-de-Provence, France), Auberge du Soleil (Napa), Restaurant Indigo (New Orleans), and Galatoire’s (New Orleans), among others.
Accolades
Competing Chef, Bravo’s Top Chef: New Orleans, 2013
Certified Sommelier, The Court of Master Sommeliers
Internship with World Pastry Champion Chef En-Ming Hsu of The French Pastry School at the Ritz Carlton Chicago
Featured Chef, Jazz Aspen, June 2018
Featured Chef, Gatsby on DAOU Mountain Annual Wine Club event, Paso Robles, California, 2016
Featured Chef, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Opus Ball XXXII, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2016

CHEF MICHAEL SICHEL
Executive Chef | Sommelier
Chef Michael Sichel, New York native and CIA grad, held his first job in the kitchen of New York City’s legendary Gotham Bar and Grill and he credits its pioneering Chef Alfred Portale as his most influential culinary inspiration. Sichel’s Italian family’s roots provided an immersion in Italian heritage, ingredients and family style cooking.
He has since been in the kitchens of Drew Nieporent’s San Francisco blockbuster restaurant Rubicon, L’Abbey de St. Croix Relais Chateau, Provence, Auberge du Soleil, Relais Chateau, Restaurant Indigo – a sad casualty of Hurricane Katrina, and Galatoire’s in New Orleans among others.
Accolades
Competing Chef, Bravo Top Chef: New Orleans 2013
Certified Sommelier – The Court of Master Sommeliers
Internship with World Pastry Champion Chef En-Ming Hsu of The French Pastry School at the Ritz Carlton Chicago
Featured Chef, Jazz Aspen June 2018
Featured Chef, Gatsby on DAOU Mountain Annual Wine Club event, Paso Robles California 2016
Featured Chef, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra Opus Ball XXXII, Little Rock Arkansas 2016
