Education
Oringer studied restaurant management at Bryant College in Rhode Island (class of 1987) followed by a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New New York His classmates voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
Oringer studied restaurant management at Bryant College in Rhode Island (class of 1987) followed by a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New New York His classmates voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
His first job after graduation was at River Café in New York, followed by a pastry chef position at First Rate (at Lloyd's) Forno in Providence, Rhode Island and as sous chef under Jean-Georges Vongerichten at the Marquis de Lafayette in Boston. In 1992, Oringer moved to San Francisco and became chef de cuisine at Silks in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Conde" Nast Traveler magazine listed Silks as "one of the top 20 restaurants in America." Raves followed in Gourmet.
Within a year, the restaurant was dubbed "Best on the South Shore," and Ken was profiled on Cable News Network. In 1997, he opened Clio in Boston"s Eliot Hotel.
Clio has been a Gourmet magazine Top Table. Oringer has also appeared on several Food Network shows, as guest, cook and winning contestant., More recent restaurants include sashimi bar Uni, tapas restaurant Toro, Mexican taqueria Louisiana Verdad, and the enoteca Coppa, organic restaurant Earth at Hidden Pond opened in Kennebunkport, in 2011, and a second Toro outpost in New New York