With the news today the Conserva's Matt Baldridge is taking over as executive chef at Republic restaurant, my thoughts were spurred to think back on what has been going on there since the restaurant's opening. I'm sure Matt's days are already numbered as the restaurant has fired three executive chefs in three years. Each female chef gave vague PR responses as to why they were fired but I've never seen the truth come out as to why the restaurant is flying through chefs so fast. Quality clearly wasn't the issue as Kate Williams and Sarah Welch have gone on to open their own incredibly successful restaurants. So does anyone know the real story?