Christian Murphy
Executive Sous Chef

Born and raised Texan that grew up in a suburb outside of Dallas, Christian shares six sons and a step-daughter with his beautiful wife.  They made the decision to move to Washington just two weeks after their wedding and haven’t looked back.    

Christian has worked in kitchens since 1998 when he started at a TGI Friday’s in Dallas and worked mostly corporate run concepts of the like.  It wasn’t until a year before coming to Washington, that he became serious about pursuing a culinary career.  He’s had the fortunate experience to work with some talented chefs from the Eastside such as Chef Bobby Moore and Chris Smith of Barking Frog in Woodinville and Chef John Howie of Seastar in Bellevue.  He spent 5 years on Microsoft campus in Redmond, where he was able to engage in the most educational part of his career and considers it his “culinary schooling”.  Christian started at Lombardi’s Everett in 2017 as a second job.  It wasn’t long before he realized that it was more than a side gig and he was promoted to the chef team. He was promoted to Everett head chef in September 2019, Catering Chef in 2021, and moved to Executive Sous Chef in 2023. 

“The crew, atmosphere and culture that have been implemented in the kitchen by Chef Andy have translated into absolutely delicious food that we are able to offer our guests.  I’m happy to be here and look forward to being part of this company’s continued success!”