Kirk's Traveling Kitchen is a private culinary events company created by Kirk Warner, former executive chef of King Louie's restaurant and Savor restaurant in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis. 

A native of Paw Paw, Michigan, Kirk began his restaurant career at a young age. In his mother's small bistro adjacent to the family winery, he was both waiting tables and preparing simple bistro fare before he was a teenager.  

Following college, and after working in a variety of restaurants, traveling extensively and reading every cookbook he could get his hands on, he landed in St. Louis where a cousin had opened a tavern called King Louie's. In just over five years as executive chef at King Louie's he helped transform what was once a fledgling college bar into one of the most respected restaurants in St. Louis, and in the process garnered numerous local and national accolades for both the restaurant and himself.  

He signed on to help open Savor in April 2004. While waiting for construction to be completed on the project, he worked as the private chef for a family from the San Francisco Bay Area. He created menus, shopped from local farmers, and cooked for the family of five (including Gracie, the youngest, for whom he was determined to create the perfect “chicken finger”). In March, 2005  Savor opened and in little over a year became one of the most popular new restaurants in the city. 

An experienced and acclaimed chef, Kirk’s goal with the Traveling Kitchen is to bring the craftsmanship and dedication of a professional restaurant into the private kitchen where his cooking expertise is utilized on a more personal level, for a select group of clients who love great food.

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