{"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 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<\/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\u00a0 <\/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\u2019m 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\u00a0 <\/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 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