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Donald Chalko<br />

Omni Dallas Hotel<br />

Chef Donald Chalko started his career at<br />

the prestigious Mansion on Turtle Creek<br />

<strong>with</strong> Chef Dean Fearing at the helm. He<br />

quickly worked his way up the ranks before<br />

moving on to his next challenge, the AAA<br />

Five Diamond French Room at The Adolphus<br />

Hotel. From there, he moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, and helped open<br />

the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas. Chalko was a key player in helping<br />

that hotel achieve Five Diamond/Five Star Status in the first year of<br />

operation. In 2011, Chef Chalko returned to Dallas as the executive<br />

sous chef of the Omni Dallas Hotel and has recently accepted the<br />

position of executive chef for Omni Dallas Hotel.<br />

Chalko gra<strong>du</strong>ated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas <strong>with</strong><br />

a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts and Visual Arts. He is<br />

married to Darby Chalko and has a daughter, Greer Ryan.<br />

Out of 1,000 births,<br />

at least eight babies will have some<br />

form of congenital heart disorder.<br />

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