Joel Antunes

With Executive Chef Joel Antunes recently decamped from One Eleven at the Capital Hotel, the elegant restaurant may have a slot reserved for another Arkansas chef. read more >

An Arkansas restaurant and an Arkansas chef recently gained national recognition of the best kind: being named semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards. The awards are among the most prestigious in the restaurant world. read more >

One Eleven at the Capital and Chef Matthew McClure at The Hive have been named semifinalists for the 2015 James Beard Awards. read more >

After closing Ashley's back in May, the Capital Hotel has opened the doors to its new restaurant, One Eleven at the Capital. read more >

Change is coming to Ashley's at the Capital Hotel. Hotel management says the popular Little Rock restaurant will be closing, temporarily, May 4 to allow for a redesign. The restaurant aims to reopen in July. read more >

Chef Joël Antunes is a methodical man. He has spent a year figuring out what he wants to do as executive chef at the Capital Hotel in Little Rock, and what he wants to do is build a team, which he’s done, and build a home, which he plans. read more >

With the recent hire of Joël Antunes as executive chef, a spokesman for Ashley's at the Capital Hotel says plans for a new look for the restaurant won't be rushed. read more >

While the Capital Hotel's new executive chef develops a cooking website, an executive of the hotel already has a web site "running." read more >

Antunes expects to change the Ashley’s menu, but he doesn’t plan to make the fare incompatible with what Richardson and his team have done in the past. read more >

The Capital Hotel of Little Rock says Joël Antunes is its new executive chef, overseeing the kitchen at Ashley’s in the Capital Hotel, the Capital Bar and Grill, and the hotel’s private dining and catering. read more >