John Payne

John Payne is the Executive Chef and Food & Beverage Director at Spruce Farm & Fish and the historic Hotel Boulderado. Chef John & the Hotel Boulderado are committed to a natural and locally focused menu, preparing fresh foods and utilizing the highest quality ingredients from local farmers, artisans and ranchers in Colorado.

Payne—a man with towering credentials from Seattle to San Francisco, including a stint at nationally lauded The Herbfarm–is an unassuming man, whose keen focus and energy is on his food. His goal is simple: Keep it simple. But simplicity does not preclude quality at the Boulderado's three operations.