Kristen Cofrades is the new executive chef at Warwick Denver Hotel, overseeing Randolph's Restaurant & Bar (which has one of the best patios in town), as well as the room service and banquet departments of the hotel at 1776 Grant Street.
Cofrades comes to the Warwick (and a post formerly held by David Snapp) from Chicago, where she was executive task force chef for Omni Hotels. But prior to that, she worked her way up from pastry cook to executive chef at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Bro
Tonight is the fifth annual Women Cook!, Dining for a Difference, a benefit for Work Options for Women, the nonprofit that prepares women coming off welfare for a career in the food industry -- and just opened Cafe Optionslast month.
The event includes a silent auction and walk-around dinner featuring some of Denver's best women chefs: Elise Wiggins of Panzano, Jennifer Jasinksi of Rioja and Bistro Vendome, Katherine Keeley of Katherine's French Bakery, Kristen Cofrades of Randolph's, Kathleen
