{"id":15059,"date":"2023-05-16T03:51:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/?p=15059"},"modified":"2023-05-11T15:52:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T22:52:52","slug":"trendsetter-to-know-steven-zimmerman-executive-chef-at-merkin-vineyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/chefs\/trendsetter-to-know-steven-zimmerman-executive-chef-at-merkin-vineyards","title":{"rendered":"Trendsetter to Know: Steven Zimmerman, Executive Chef at Merkin Vineyards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  width=\"723\"  height=\"1024\"  src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-80x113.jpg\"  alt=\"\"  class=\"wp-image-15060 size-full pk-lqip pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-723x1024.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-380x538.jpg 380w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-800x1134.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-80x113.jpg 80w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29-56x80.jpg 56w, https:\/\/media.arizonafoothillsmagazine.com\/people\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11155026\/AF16D7E48A634BE2971D2281107FEE29.jpg 1000w\" ><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Name:&nbsp; <\/strong>Steven Zimmerman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instagram: <\/strong>chef_stevez<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website:  <\/strong><a data-uno-hassubmittext=\"no\" href=\"https:\/\/merkinvineyards.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.merkinvineyards.org<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Age:&nbsp; <\/strong>65<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title:&nbsp; <\/strong>Executive Chef<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Married\/Single:&nbsp; <\/strong>Married<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kids:\u00a0 <\/strong>3 \/ Josh, Tabitha and Emily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>City you live in:\u00a0 <\/strong>Goodyear<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A typical day in my life includes\u2026 <\/strong>gardening, playing guitar, reading cookbooks, formulating my next day at work or special menu item<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I was born\u2026&nbsp; <\/strong>St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My favorite thing about Arizona\u2026 <\/strong>proximity to Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m listening to\u2026 <\/strong>Bluegrass, Blues, Classic Rock, Chef\u2019s PSA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My family\u2026 is #1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If I could have dinner with anyone, it would be\u2026 <\/strong>a great Chef like Thomas Keller<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>One thing I cannot live without\u2026&nbsp; <\/strong>my guitars, knives, and my wife<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When I was younger, I wanted to be\u2026 <\/strong>an architect<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m inspired by\u2026 <\/strong>Chef\u2019s better than I am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The one person who motivates me is\u2026 <\/strong>There isn\u2019t just one person.&nbsp; It would be people who are passionate about their craft, whatever craft it is<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If I could change anything in the world, it would be\u2026&nbsp; <\/strong>that there would be no division between ethnicity, cultures \u2026 people on this earth<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The perfect day would be\u2026&nbsp; <\/strong>everyone around me happy and healthy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My first job was\u2026 <\/strong>a short-lived newspaper route when I was 14<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My favorite escape\u2026 <\/strong>Mother Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My life\u2026&nbsp; <\/strong>needs to have meaning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m currently working on\u2026 <\/strong>what my next chapter will look like<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Always\u2026 <\/strong>push yourself to be a little bit better than you were yesterday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Never\u2026 <\/strong>give up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favorite Quote\u2026&nbsp; 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