Christopher Collins is a fourth generation restaurateur and founder of Common Ground Culinary.

Proudly raised in Phoenix, Christopher Collins is a fourth-generation restaurateur and the founder & operator of Common Ground Culinary. After graduating with honors from Boston University with a degree in hospitality management, Christopher honed his craft working as both an executive chef and general manager for top restaurant brands nationwide. Then in 2011, Collins returned to the Valley, and put his skills to use handcrafting a local restaurant group, Common Ground Culinary, with a mission of creating community driven restaurants that have ‘soul’ and strive to be a staple of the neighborhoods each serves. Common Ground Culinary currently operates Collins Bros. Chophouse, Grassroots Kitchen & Tap, Wally’s American Gastropub, Sweet Provisions in Scottsdale and The Collins Small Batch Kitchen, The Macintosh, Neighborly Public House, and Arcadia Catering Company in Phoenix. Christopher is married to Melissa Collins and is the father of two sons, Christopher ‘Topher” Collins Jr and Fitzgerald “Fitzy” Collins.