Led by Executive Chef Charles Dale, the cuisine at Encantado can best be described as modern rustic and regionally inspired. His passion for a simple yet refined menu that maintains a connection to regional influences is evident in all of his dishes. Having trained at New York's famed Le Cirque, Georges Masraff's restaurant in Paris and the Plaza Athenée Hotel in New York under Daniel Boulud, Dale later opened three of his own restaurants in Aspen, Colorado: Renaissance, Rustique Bistro and Range.

Chef Dale was named Best New Chef in America by Food + Wine Magazine in 1995 and twice nominated for Best American Chef in the Southwest by the James Beard Foundation.