Opening executive chef Nicolas Daniels’ replacement at uptown restaurant Loft & Cellar has been named. Greg Collier, co-owner of The Yolk in Rock Hill with his wife Subrina, will take over the kitchen. The news was first reported by Kathleen Purvis at the Observer.

Loft & Cellar has a ground-level restaurant and second-floor lounge, creating an environment that didn’t quite match Daniels’ international, food-forward cooking style. Collier’s cooking style is based in his Southern roots (he grew up in Tennessee), which may better fit a crowd focused on drinking. Collier says he will be there on a full-time basis for at least four months, overhauling the menus and implementing them. Once things are running smoothly, he’ll transition to a consulting chef.

Collier has a knack for taking traditional Southern dishes and turning them into modern yet familiar dishes, something guests at Soul Food Sessions dinners (which Collier co-founded) have come to love him for. We haven’t yet posted a review of Loft & Cellar due to the changes over there, but we’ll write one once Collier has been in the kitchen a bit. —Kristen Wile

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