Michael's Table

Chef Michael Lander began his culinary career as an apprentice under Chef Paul Albrecht in Atlanta, Ga. over 35 years ago. Working for the first Buckhead Life Restaurant, Panos and Pauls. After several years in the trenches, he began working in a City and Country Clubs in and around Atlanta Ga., taking on his first Executive Chef position in 1989 at the Marietta Country Club. During his tenure at the Marietta Country Club the club received an award for, Best Place for a Reception by Atlanta Magazine. He eventually settled in Vero Beach where he accepted the position of Executive Chef at The Moorings Club, September of 2000. He has a compassion for culinary apprentices since that is where he began. After twelve years at the Moorings Club he ventured out to open his own restaurant Michaels Table that was opened October 2012 on Vero Beachs Ocean Drive and shuttered in 2014 at present he operates Michaels Table @ Orchid Island Brewery, Corner of Flamevine & Ocean Drive, and has most recently opened Michaels on 7th a down to earth casual cuisine restaurant focused on responsibly sourced high-quality raw ingredients handled with respect.