Toby Willis

The cookbook, entitled "The Plaza Cook Book," features recipes by Toby Willis, executive chef at Garden Plaza . The recipes range from appetizers and salads to entrees, breads and desserts.

The cookbook, entitled "The Plaza Cook Book," features recipes by Toby Willis, executive chef at Garden Plaza.

Executive chef Toby Willis begins the day by baking pastries and cooking Applewood smoked bacon, country ham and roasted Yukon Gold potatoes.For lunch he offers rosemary-roasted pork loin, skillet-seared salmon cakes and buttermilk-dipped trout.Dinner selections include prime rib of beef, braised short ribs, mountain rainbow trout and cornmeal-crusted catfish.A specialty is roast loin of pork with baked apples and brandy, served with cider-wilted cabbage with smoked bacon."I take traditional Southern cuisine and change it around a bit to make it contemporary," says Willis, who comes to the lodge after working at high-end restaurants in Chattanooga and Atlanta.

Chef Toby Willis prepares what he calls refined mountain cuisine and regional comfort food.

And excellent dining from the kitchens of Buckberry's Exec Chef Toby Willis.He calls it "refined mountain cuisine and regional comfort food" and it lives up to his description.