Clevescene.com | People in the Back of the House

Long after Joe Lang first had his eyes opened to scratch cooking at Mom’s Diner in Orange Village, his culinary training at Loretta Paganini School of Cooking led him to an apprenticeship at Boulevard Blue, where chef Matt Mytro was leading the kitchen. It was then and there that Lang learned that the right partner is indispensable.

It took little time to feel the synergy between one another. So it was no surprise that as soon as Mytro landed an executive chef role at Flour, he called Lang to join him. Now cooking together for nearly a decade, they’ve become one of Cleveland’s most dynamic duos.