Taste - Dining

Meet the Chef

Robert Trester
A native to Wisconsin and an eight-year resident of California, Chef Robert Trester knows how fortunate he is to live a life surrounded by the bounty of a farmland; and this kind of exposure is the perfect foundation for the farm-to-table cuisine he features at the Gardens of Avila. Chef Robert artfully prepares every dish using the freshest ingredients of local and organic farms, ranches and fisheries; and his dedicated focus on incorporating these elements is the essensce of what makes the ever-changing menu at the Gardens of Avila so popular.