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Hotel Clermont names an executive chef and other top Atlanta dining news from the week

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July 28, 2017

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Jeb Aldrich is the executive chef at the Clermont Hotel. / AJC file photo

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Jeb Aldrich has left his father Jay Swift's restaurant Noble Fin to take a position as executive chef at Hotel Clermont's restaurant and rooftop bar, Atlanta Magazine reports. The restaurant, run by the Indigo Road group, will be a French-style brasserie open for dinner and Sunday brunch and is set to open at the beginning of 2018.

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About the Author

Yvonne Zusel has been with the AJC since 2010. She worked on the digital news and food and dining teams before joining the arts & entertainment team.

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