New chef at Durham's Six Plates

Phil McLaughlin will be the new chef at Durham's Six Plates Wine Bar. McLaughlin comes from Herons, the restaurant at The Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary. He worked closely with Bret Jennings as a sous chef at Elaine's on Franklin for six years. He  did previous stints in the kitchens at Il Palio and Squid's.

Ted Domville, the prior chef at Six Plates, is moving over to Local Yogurt in which he has an ownership stake.

Six Plates owner Matthew Beason says McLaughlin officially starts after Labor Day but the menu will likely not transition to his own creation until mid- to late September.