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Cosmos Club’s Ailee Apac Talks Weekly Menu Changes, Culinary Gardens

The Restaurant Chef tells C+RC about working for a culinary-focused city club with frequent menu updates.

By Isabelle Gustafson, Senior Editor, Club + Resort Chef | April 7, 2026

Ailee Apac, CEC, Restaurant Chef at Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., sits down with Club + Resort Chef to talk about nursing school, moving to Los Angeles from the Philippines, and joining Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C., where menus are updated often to keep the city club’s culinary-focused members.

“If I get an ingredient or an idea and start writing it down, I have few days [for] R&D, and the next thing you know, it’s live on Monday,” Apac says. “We try to make sure that our menu is curated to the available fresh products. … The [club’s] indoor and the outdoor gardens help with that.”

About The Author

Isabelle Gustafson, Senior Editor, Club + Resort Chef

Isabelle Gustafson is the Senior Editor for Club + Resort Chef, which offers ideas, strategies and recipes for chefs and other professionals in the club and resort segment of culinary. Alongside Editorial Director Joanna DeChellis and the broader WTWH Media team, Isabelle works directly on C+RC’s digital and print media operations, as well as the Club + Resort Chef Association, PlateCraft, and the Chef to Chef Conference.

Isabelle holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the Missouri School of Journalism with a Certificate in Multicultural Studies. She studied in Spain, received her TEFL Certification in Peru and taught English in South Korea. In addition to writing and editing several award-winning pieces, in 2023, she was granted the American Society of Business Press Editors’ (ASBPE) Young Leader Scholarship. You can connect with Isabelle via LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/isabellegustafson or email: [email protected].

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