ARCH RESTAURANT - Key Persons


George Seitz

Job Titles:
  • Chef Owner
Chef Owner George Seitz holds extremely high standards for all aspects of his business. The long time staff has no turn over and run the restaurant is if it were their own… Born in Germany and trained in Hotel Management in Vienna, Chef George has worked in the culinary arts since the 1950's in Panama, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. He also worked for Hilton International in the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. He moved on to work in Miami at the Fontainbleau and Rooney Plaza Resorts. Discovered by Craig Claiborne in 1959 as executive chef at The Arch in North Salem, he became full owner in 1969 and has continued his culinary career in Putnam County NY to the present.