Dave Beran is the chef/owner of restaurants Seline and Pasjoli, in Santa Monica, California and winner of the James Beard Foundation’s award for Best Chef: California 2026. Prior to moving to California, Beran worked at Alinea and NEXT in Chicago where he received a James Beard Award for Best Chef Great Lakes and was named one of Food & Wine Magazine’s Best New Chefs in 2014.  Pasjoli has received numerous awards and accolades including being named one of GQ Magazine’s Best New Restaurants in America,  one of Esquire Magazine’s Best New Restaurants as well as one of The Top 25 Restaurants in Los Angeles by The New York Times. The restaurant was also a James Beard Award Finalist in 2020 for Best New Restaurant and a James Beard Award Semi-Finalist in 2025 for Outstanding Restaurant. In January 2026, Seline was named by Los Angeles Magazine as one of the Best New Restaurants in the city and received one MICHELIN star in 2026.