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Last of chefs are signed to run resort’s restaurants

Tuesday, March 8, 2005 | 10:59 a.m.

Wynn Las Vegas has completed its lineup of chefs to run the new hotel's fine-dining restaurants.

Richard Chen, who helped run Shanghai Terrace at The Peninsula Chicago hotel, was signed to oversee the property's upscale Asian restaurant. It will be called Wing Lei, which means Wynn in Chinese.

"This is it. The last piece in the puzzle," said Elizabeth Blau, Wynn's executive vice president of restaurant marketing and development at the $2.7 billion resort.

Blau said Chen's food will be a fusion of several different types of Chinese cuisine.

Ten of the 19 restaurants and bars at Wynn Las Vegas will be chef-driven concepts, Blau said, including the hotel-casino's casual Asian spot, Red 8, that chef Hisham Johari will operate.

All of the chefs, except Daniel Boulud of New York City -- the lone celebrity chef on the list -- will live in Las Vegas.

Wynn Las Vegas is scheduled to open April 28.

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