Kevin Goldman and Tyler Drinkwater didn't arrive at luxury real estate from sales. They came from hospitality — a fine-dining kitchen and the rooms of New York's restaurant world — where the standard is anticipation, precision, and making it look effortless. That background isn't a story we tell. It's how we work.
In the best restaurants, the guest never sees the work. The prep is done before the doors open, every detail is handled before it's asked for, and the room simply runs. We sell homes the same way.

Born and raised in Calabasas, Kevin spent his first career as a professional chef in some of Los Angeles's most acclaimed kitchens — training under Thomas Keller at Bouchon Beverly Hills, alongside chefs like Walter Manzke, Susan Feniger, and Tim Hollingsworth at rooms including République, Street, and Otium. That world runs on mise en place: everything prepped, plated, and ready before a single guest arrives.
He brings that exact discipline to real estate. Known across the 818 and 805 as The Chef Realtor, he pairs deep local knowledge with hospitality-grade service and marketing built to get a property seen by the right buyers. Clients describe a calm, prepared advisor who treats every listing like a room he's hosting — nothing left to chance.

Tyler approaches real estate as a service business before a sales business — a mindset shaped by a Boston upbringing, years inside New York's demanding hospitality world, and a wine venture of his own. An NYU graduate now based in Los Angeles, he learned firsthand that trust is earned in the details: timing, discretion, and reading exactly what a guest needs before they say it.
He represents first-time buyers, ultra-high-net-worth clients, and public figures, with closed sales in enclaves like the Bird Streets and Doheny Estates. His proprietary LAUNCH protocol builds demand before a property ever feels available — giving sellers clarity, leverage, and confidence in high-stakes decisions.
A transaction is the easy part. The experience around it — the preparation, the anticipation, the calm under pressure — is where hospitality people are simply built differently.
Everything is ready before it's needed. Pricing, staging, photography, marketing, and paperwork are prepped and plated before a single buyer walks through — so a launch never scrambles and a deal never stalls on a missing detail.
The best service answers the question before it's asked. Years of reading rooms means we see the objection, the hesitation, or the opportunity coming — and have the answer ready, on your side of the table.
A busy Saturday night and a multiple-offer negotiation demand the same thing: composure. We keep the emotion out of the room and the process moving, so you make high-stakes decisions with clarity, not adrenaline.
Helping you move with flavor.
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