California fire cooking

Motxo

\  MO-cho  \

Cooking with real wood, a rich spirit & honor toward the ingredient.

My name is Zack & I run Motxo. I began cooking at sixteen in a Middle Eastern Mashawi in Detroit, then worked from busboy to sous chef at a Basque restaurant. Since then I’ve cooked in fine dining, private homes & events across western America. Motxo brings that story to Los Angeles: open fire, rich sourcing relationships and a passion to connect us to the land and one another.

Chef Zack Senac cutting a tomato
Chickens and pineapple roasting over a hardwood fire
Chef Zack Senac laughing in his chef coat
The Universe Smiles Upon You album cover by Khruangbin

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Mr. White

Khruangbin


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    24June 2026

    Oaxacan Fire Dinner

    A live-fire Oaxacan menu: coastal prawns, mole amarillo, ember-cooked smashed potatoes, charred nopal, and tlayudas. Los Angeles.

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