longwood CULINARY ARTS
our menus
CULINARY & COCKTAILS
We provide all food selections through our onsite culinary team. No outside caterers. Discover more about the unique culinary experience and view our menu pricing.
DAVID BLESSING
CHIEF CULINARY OFFICER
Chef David Blessing leads our distinguished culinary program, bringing a career that spans more than 30 years in the hospitality industry. His extensive experience encompasses leadership roles in fine dining restaurants, boutique inns, upscale catering operations, and Four Seasons Hotels across the country.
At the heart of Chef Blessing’s leadership is a deep, personal connection to cooking. He explains his philosophy simply: “I love food and being a chef. Cooking is very personal to me and I want our guests to feel that same connection to food that I have.”
This devotion drives a culinary philosophy centered on creating truly unforgettable dining experiences. Chef Blessing’s signature cooking style is focused intently on pristine, local, and seasonal ingredients, which are used to highlight the rich bounty of New England. This approach ensures his cuisine showcases ingredients and techniques that parallel the offerings of any top restaurant on the East Coast.
Under his direction, each Longwood kitchen—supported by a talented Chef de Cuisine and professional cooks—is dedicated to producing fine dining, restaurant-quality food that is unsurpassed in the private event world.
our process and vision
process short description
Each Longwood kitchen is led by talented chefs and professional cooks that produce fine dining restaurant quality food that is unsurpassed in the private event world. Our culinary program led by David Blessing who’s career spans more than 30 years in private restaurants, inns, catering and the Four Seasons Hotel company. His food philosophy springs from a devotion to creating unforgettable meals. His cooking style is focused on pristine, local, seasonal ingredients that highlight the bounty of New England.
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CULINARY TEAM
Roberto umana
sean wesoky
CHEF DE CUISINE
CULINARY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
LONGWOOD VENUES
Longwood Venues + Destinations
Chef Roberto’s first and most influential memories of food date back to his childhood. His grandfather frequently brought him along on fishing trips, showing him the proper way to clean and butcher his catch, which his mother would then use to prepare her famous fish stew. As a child, Chef Roberto loved watching his mother and grandmothers prepare papusas, a dish that would be shared with friends and neighbors visiting throughout the day. Today, Chef Roberto is Longwood’s most tenured employee.
Chef Sean’s eclectic tastes in food are a reflection of his well-traveled lifestyle. He lived in London as a child, spending summers in France and Italy. He credits these years abroad with exposing him to a rich diversity of world cuisines. Later, living in San Francisco, where he studied at the California Culinary Academy, he got hooked on the California style of cooking; fusing contrasting fresh, local ingredients with close attention to presentation. Influenced by local farms and artisan producers, Chef Sean developed his unwavering philosophy that source, quality, and originality should never be compromised.
marcelo santos
ODIR Gutierrez
CHEF DE CUISINE
CHEF DE CUISINE
state room
THE TOWER
Chef Marcelo’s passion for cooking was inspired by the fresh, tropical foods from his native Brazil. With a desire to learn and grow in the industry, he came to Boston, training at Back Bay Restaurant Group, later under Celebrity chef Jasper White at Summer Shack, then as Sous Chef at Masa. In 2009, Chef Marcelo joined the Longwood team at our flagship venue, the State Room.
Chef Marcelo loves the intensity of our busiest location.
Tanner Bonsie
CHEF DE CUISINE
BELLE MER
the bar
Our beverage program marries simplicity and refinement. Our spirits list is made up of some of the most respected labels in the industry and some innovative newcomers. Let our professional and creative bar staff create a custom drink menu for your event, infusing every sip with your signature flavor.
sustainability
ORIGINAL. OUR FARMERS, GROWERS AND ARTISAN PRODUCERS.
Our Farmers and Growers:
Our Farmers and Growers:
Backyard Farms, ME
I Dream of Jeanne Cakes, MA
Nantucket Pasta Goddesss, MA
Hudson Valley Foie Gras, NY
Iggy’s, MA
Joe Jergielewicz & SON LTD, PA
Pain D’avignon, MA
Calvisius Caviar, Italy
Great Hill Dairy, MA
Creekstone Farms Natural Beef, KS
Deano’s Pasta, MA
Two Friends Farm, ME
Eastern Standard Provisions
Green Thumb Farms,ME
Highlawn Farm Creamery, MA
Old Chatham Creamery, NY
Wards Berry Farm,MA
Grafton Village Cheese, MA
Lanni Orchard Farm,MA
North Country Smokehouse, NH
Heron Pond Farm,MA
Vermont Butter and Creamery, VT
Lookout Farms, MA
Stonyfield Farm, VT
Jonathan’s Organics, MA
Jasper Hill Farms, VT
Young Family Farms, MA
Narragansett Creamery, RI
Eva’s Garden, MA
