(Photo by Steve Goldstein-KJZZ)

Masood Shirmohammadi in his Innovation Kitchen.

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There are dramatically diverse choices for the kind of cuisine you’d like to eat and the amount of money you’d like to spend in Phoenix.

And one significant member of downtown has gotten into the mix. It’s the Phoenix Convention Center, which named a new executive chef in the spring. His name is Masood Shirmohammadi, and we met him in his Innovation Kitchen.