Native Texan, chef Nicholas Yanes earned his Associates of Culinary Arts degree at the Western Culinary Institute in Portland, OR. His resume includes positions as creative director, chef de cuisine and consulting chef at various restaurants and country clubs including Nana, Dallas Fish Market, Oceaniare Seafood Room and Coyote Ridge Country Club in Dallas and Uchi restaurants in Austin. That experience paved the way for opening Juniper, a Northern-Italian inspired restaurant, in East Austin in 2015.