Tailor’s co-chef, Fran Derby, has left the restaurant. Derby and Sam Mason were a cooking tandem since the restaurant opened late last summer, but Derby says he wants his own kitchen: “I left on Friday. Everything between Sam and I is great. I liked being the co-chef at Tailor, but I want to find my own place, my own niche.” The Gilt and wd-50 alumni says that he’ll take some time away from the kitchen before starting a new venture. “We’re good with Fran,” says Mason. “We know he’ll succeed with whatever he does.”

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