Lentz named executive chef at Chicago's McCormick Place

CHICAGO Hans Lentz has been named executive chef of the McCormick Place convention center here, with responsibility for all menu preparation and selection for the 2.6-million-square-foot facility.

Lentz began his formal culinary education in his hometown of Cologne, Germany, at the Handelsschule Perlengraben culinary school and then worked in that city under his mentor, chef Michael Floss.

After working in hotels overseas for many years, he arrived