Lexi Patton, originally from Vero Beach, Florida, joined the Mountain Standard team in January of 2022. She remembers dining at Mountain Standard, seeing the kitchen in action and applying on a whim. The rest is history. She moved to Vail in 2019 for her partner’s job after thru-hiking the Appalachian Train (2,220 miles from Georgia to Maine). She had never been to Colorado before moving here.

Chef Lexi remembers her first solid food being feta cheese and was instantly hooked on eating anything and everything. She states how she comes from a family where food is central to who they are, and some family members have worked in the restaurant industry.

Chef attended the University of Florida where she studied Biology and Music. She played clarinet and trombone and was also in the Fighting Gator Marching Band.  

Before settling in at Mountain Standard, Chef Lexi worked in various small restaurants including a pizza shop. She was also a vet tech and has worked at REI in the camping and backpacking departments.

When not in the kitchen, you can find chef thrifting and collecting vintage home and kitchen wares, specifically a collection of Pyrex bowls ranging from the 1940s to the 1980s. She also loves being with her two dogs, Kumo and Goose, especially in remote canyons of the southwest desert. She also enjoys playing her clarinet in a community band.

Chef stepped into her current role of Chef de Partie in May of 2025.

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