Meet Chef Spencer Horovitz

Spencer Horovitz is a San Francisco-based chef who has worked at Itria, Al's Place, the Progress, The Restaurant at Meadowood, among others.

He is deeply inspired by his childhood experiences, multicultural LA, and Jewish diasporic cooking. He grew up in a food-centric and culturally blended household with a Greek and Lithuanian mother from New York; a father who’s Polish and Russian by way of Miami; and a stepmother who immigrated from Romania.

He lives in the Mission with his fiancée and their two plastic dogs.

Find him on Instagram, @platos_locos

Menu Inspiration

Passover is celebrated differently by everyone. For Spencer’s Reformed Jewish family, observing Passover felt more akin to Thanksgiving than any other holiday. It would often be the one time of the year his extended family would all gather together and often the only vacation his parents and siblings took. 

It was a powerful reminder that family, tradition, and togetherness was an important motivation for using up his parents' hard earned vacation hours.