Chef Lee 

Owner/Executive Chef

Chef Lee received his degree from the Restaurant School of Philadelphia now Walnut Hill College.  He has experience working in ball parks, arenas, and restaurants in the eastern half of the US as well as here in the mid-west.  Working in D.C to Miami, Philadelphia to Minnesota, Louisville to Highland IL, and St. Louis to Warren Co has been an influence in Chef Lee’s creative dishes.  Our customers will experience comfort food with twist.  Chef Lee has held the role of Executive Chef at two local restaurants, one being Cedar Lake Cellars, for 5 years.    He also worked as sous chef and purchase manager for other companies in the food industry.  Chef also had his own successful catering and consulting company in 2018, the reason for opening Blue Anchor.  He brings 40 plus year of restaurant and hospitality experience to the endeavor

Colton Baty 

Sous Chef

Chef Colton is a Texas Native and Culinary grad.  Chef Colton knows his way around the kitchen as well as front of the house.  He has only worked in scratch kitchens and has been working under Chef Lee for several years.  When not at work Chef Colton spends time with friends and his cat Paul, what a ridiculous name for a cat.  Chef Colton is a rockstar and an all round cool guy! We at Blue Anchor are blessed to have him in the kitchen.

Maureen Reichart

Line Chef

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Chef Maureen started her culinary career later in life.  After working as a Dental Hygienist for 15 yrs, Chef Maureen went to culinary school at Le Cordon Blue in St. Louis.  Growing up in Chicago with Irish immigrated parents in a Polish neighborhood Chef Maureen was exposed to different cultural cuisines.  She learned to cook many different ethnic dishes.  After moving to St. Charles and graduation she worked in several venues from Farm to Table up to classic Italian. Chef  Maureen decided to open her own catering company and due to constant misspellings of her name, now goes by the nickname Mo.  Chef Lee met Mo while working at a different restaurant and they worked together for a year.  So when we opened Blue Anchor we knew we wanted her on our team.  Mo is an essential part of our catering team as well as restaurant kitchen.  To quote Mo, "This city girl fell in love with Chef Lee's vision of bringing high end food to rural American towns."  Thanks Mo.  So glad to have you with us!!

When not at work she is hanging out with her husband and two daughters.