{"id":18704,"date":"2026-06-29T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18704"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:02:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:02:44","slug":"major-chef-names-announced-for-ocvibes-katella-commons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18704","title":{"rendered":"Major chef names announced for OCVibe\u2019s Katella Commons"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OCVibe\u2019s Katella Commons is finally giving a glimpse of what\u2019s inside its kitchens.<\/p>\n

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The 100-acre, mixed-use district taking shape around Anaheim\u2019s Honda Center announced its newest batch of food hall tenants, giving Orange County denizens a clearer look at what will eventually feed the sprawling sports, music, office, park and residential project.<\/p>\n

The newly revealed names include Danielle Duran-Zecca and Alessandro Zecca of Amiga Amore, Alberto Ba\u00f1uelos of Burritos La Palma, Alex Garcia and Elvia Huerta of Evil Cooks, Kanate Ungkasrithongkul and Anita Lin of Manaao Thai Comfort Food\u00a0and Zach Scherer of Darkoom and Chrysalis fame.<\/p>\n

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Additional chef partners are expected to be announced later this year. Debbie Lee, noted Los Angeles chef and familiar face on \u201cChopped\u201d and \u201cFood Network Star,\u201d was announced as the complex\u2019s first big name; she will open two Korean concepts, Pado and Mokja.<\/p>\n

The Zeccas, husband-wife duo behind Amiga Amore, will bring a \u201cMexitalian\u201d concept to the Anaheim project, melding Latin American and Italian cooking through the lens of their own families\u2019 histories. Amiga Amore, their Highland Park restaurant, has earned James Beard attention in recent years, including a 2024 semifinalist nod for Best Emerging Restaurant and Danielle Duran-Zecca being a semifinalist for Best Chef, California in 2025 .<\/p>\n

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Burritos La Palma, the Zacatecan-style burrito spot from chef-founder Alberto Ba\u00f1uelos, will also join the lineup. The SoCal favorite is known for its slender burritos, fresh-pressed flour tortillas and its fillings like chicken tinga and chicharr\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Also headed for Katella Commons: Evil Cooks, the heavy metal- and punk rock-fueled Mexican concept in El Sereno from Alex \u201cPobre Diablo\u201d Garcia and Elvia \u201cLa Bruja\u201d Huerta. Their Los Angeles restaurant has built a following for tacos and dishes that are as serious as they are unbuttoned. The couple have earned James Beard nominations and a spot on the Los Angeles Times\u2019 101 Best Restaurants list.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom the beginning, Evil Cooks has been our way of combining Mexican food with music and culture we grew up around,\u201d the two said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

Orange County will also see a more focused offshoot from Manaao Thai Comfort Food. Husband-wife team Kanate Ungkasrithongkul and Anita Lin, who opened Manaao in Tustin before a soon-to-open expansion at Irvine Spectrum, will launch Khaoi Soi, a dedicated concept centered on Thai curries and a tighter menu built around the dish that helped define the restaurant.<\/p>\n

Zach Scherer, the co-chef and co-founder of Darkroom in Santa Ana (Chrysalis is his and Drew Adams\u2019 dining concept inside Darkroom), will bring two concepts to Katella. One, a spot focused on New York-style pizza and the other built around fried chicken sandwiches. The pizza concept will lean on dough techniques, while the fried chicken sandwich space will pull from America, Asian, European and Latin American traditions, with a menu designed to evolve over time.<\/p>\n

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\u201cKatella Commons feels like a rare opportunity to be part of something that matters for Orange County food,\u201d said Scherer in a written release, whose Darkroom appeared on the Los Angeles Times\u2019 101 Best Restaurants list.<\/p>\n

The new additions join a larger Katella Commons vision that OCVibe has been rolling out in pieces. The market hall will be designed to serve not only arena crowds but office workers, residents, concertgoers and anyone else who finds themselves at the megacomplex.<\/p>\n

Centrally located within OCVibe, and below The Weave office building, Katella Commons will connect the district\u2019s central plaza and nearby entertainment venues. The food hall is being positioned as one of the development\u2019s major gathering spaces, with OCVibe officials placing a lot of emphasis on local roots for the kitchens.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery concept we bring into this space is chosen because it represents a genuine culinary voice, with chefs and operators who have something real to say,\u201d Nick Pacific, vice president of Katella Commons development, said in a written statement.<\/p>\n

Overseeing the culinary programming and chef selection is chef R\u00e9mi Lauvand, who said the new roster of chefs will help define the food hall\u2019s ambitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey each bring a distinct point of view, a commitment to quality and a passionate following,\u201d he said in a written statement.<\/p>\n

While Anaheim, along with a handful of other Orange County cities, has already established a food hall of its own, Katella Commons at OCVibe, the $5 billion \u201ccity within a city\u201d project reshaping roughly 100 acres of Anaheim, hopes to entice people with a bevy of names that already have a strong following within the food scene.<\/p>\n

OCVibe will continue to announce additional concepts and names as Katella Commons\u2019 full lineup takes shape ahead of its 2027 opening.<\/p>\n

The social spot at the 100-acre, mixed-use district is slated to feature 21 kitchens alongside six original bar and lounge concepts.<\/p>\n

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