About Chef Dan

With an eye for new twists on old favorites and enjoyable innovations designed to broaden his menus, Chef Lane comes from a rich background working for some of the best area restaurants, including Newton's Biltmore Bar and Grill, and seven years at the Blue Room in Cambridge. He was the executive chef of Waltham’s Bison County for three and a half years before taking on that role at Union Straw in Foxboro, MA.

In the Spring of 2022, Chef Lane donned the apron as Executive Chef at Lincoln’s The Tack Room.

"I enjoy taking food and pushing it to a whole new level– separating wherever I’m cooking from the rest of the restaurant pack by presenting traditional classics with a fresh twist, or just coming up with really cool fun stuff.

"The more love you can put into the food will show on the plate. Diners will notice that."

The result is a fresh, exciting, and an ever-evolving wealth of new flavors, beautifully presented by Chef Lane for your dining pleasure.

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Recently, Chef Lane won the 2018 "Here's the Beef" Boston Culinary Fight Club chef's competition with his 144-out-of-150-point-scoring rib eye presentation.

Chef Lane was accepted to compete in the World Food Championships’ “World Invitational Steak Championship 2018,” in Orange Beach, AL, November 2018. Competing against some of the best teams in the world, he and his crew finished 20th out of 68 in the steak competition category. Scoring the highest on flavor alone, he was just a 2.5 point difference from the overall winner!

Experience

CURRENT:
the TACK ROOM (Lincoln, MA) Executive Chef

PAST:

Union Straw (Foxboro) Executive Chef
Bison County (Waltham) Executive Chef
The Biltmore ( Newton)
Bay Tower Room (Boston)
The Blue Room (Cambridge)
Unidine (corporate dining)

Awards & Competitions

FIRST PLACE
144 out of 150 points
2018 Culinary Fight Club “Here’s The Beef Boston”
Grilled Rib Eye With grilled mushrooms, Pee-wee potatoes, duck confit, wilted arugula, and Swiss chard topped with balsamic glaze

20th out of 65
2018 World Food Championships
competitor in Steak

15th in steak out of 35
2019 Mid Atlantic BBQ Expo 2nd place Sandwich
Candied Pork Belly w/Swiss Cheese Spicy Slaw & Pineapple Habanero Aoli

FIRST PLACE
2019 Battle Of The Bowls
candied pork belly and beef burnt ends

25th In Beef
12th In Ribs/patio porker division
2019 World BBQ Championships

4th place steak
12th place hot wings
2nd place ribs
8th Pork
12th in brisket
Each out of 30 teams
2019 Hartford Rib Off

Golden Ticket to 2019 world food championships in Dallas Texas

FIRST PLACE AUDIENCE SELECTION
2nd PLACE JUDGES COMPETITION
2019 Culinary Fight Club “Tailgate Competition”

2nd Place
2019 STEAK Cookoff Association Cookoff

Education

Newbury college Associates in Culinary Arts