Kevin Binkley and his wife Amy opened Binkley’s Restaurant in Cave Creek on May 25, 2004. Binkley’s Restaurant received the Arizona Republic Best New Restaurant Award and Phoenix Magazine’s Best New Restaurant Award in 2004.

Binkley’s career objective has been to be the Chef/Owner of an award-winning restaurant, and he has been training for this since entering culinary school in 1994. In July 1995, the Inn at Little Washington hired him as a culinary school extern. While at “the Inn,” he learned every job in the kitchen and was promoted several times, rising to Executive Sous Chef, second in command to Chef/Owner Patrick O’Connell. He resigned the position in December 1999 to further enhance his culinary education. He continued to refine his culinary knowledge by working at the French Laundry under the supervision of Chef/Owner Thomas Keller. Kevin’s experience at 2 of the 13 top restaurants in the United States has afforded him the opportunity very few professional chefs have had to develop an in-depth understanding of fine dining.