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Executive Chef
East Lake Golf Club
Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Deihl has found a culinary home as the Executive Chef of the prestigious East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, home of the PGA Tour Championship. Chef Deihl is entering his 37th year in the Food & Beverage industry and constantly comments on how much he still learns every day in the kitchen. Chef Deihl has overseen kitchens at some of the finer country clubs, hotels, restaurants and catering facilities on the East Coast. Chef Deihl also has been teaching culinary arts as an adjunct professor for the last 12 years.
Michael has been published in The National Culinary Review, Hilton Head Monthly, Current Diversions, Flavors Magazine, Restaurant Forum and has had numerous features written about him in newspapers and magazines. Chef Deihl has won ACF and local culinary awards in Hot Food, Cold Food and Ice Carving. Chef Deihl was voted by his peers as Chapter Chef of the Year in 1998 & 2006, Humanitarian of the Year in 2005 and has served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Hilton Head Island Chefs Association and is the current President of the ACF Greater Atlanta Chapter of the American Culinary Federation. Michael is a Certified Executive Chef, a Certified Culinary Administrator and a member of the ACF Honor Society, the American Academy of Chefs.
Michael is also currently chairman of the board of the HEFG, Hospitality Education Fund of Georgia. Chef Deihl has coached the Atlanta Junior Hot Food Team and the Marietta High School Pro Start Culinary Team. Chef Deihl’s Teams have won Silver and Gold Medals in the regional finals and advanced to the Pro Start National Final competition with the Pro Start Culinary team. Chef Deihl is currently training and studying for the Certified Master Chef test.
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