Chef Chip Roman is the owner and executive chef at Blackfish, as well as the critically acclaimed Mica (8609 Germantown Avenue), in Chestnut Hill, and the recently opened Ela (627 South 3rd Street) in Philadelphia's Queen's Village neighborhood.

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Craig LaBan has called Chef Roman's food "most impressive…[he] embellishes bistro inspirations with pristine techniques, great ingredients, and personal flourishes that are often surprising," assigning his work at Blackfish a glowing "Three Bells: Excellent" review. In a 2012 re-review, Philadelphia magazine's Trey Popp gushed that "the first time I ate at Blackfish, in 2007, I sat next to a stack of cookbooks from Alice Waters and Charlie Trotter that were the splashiest decorations there. Those authors, it was clear, registered to me as Roman's heroes. Four and a half years later, they seem more like his colleagues…Dinner now is better than it was then."

In addition to his three restaurants, Chef Roman is the owner and proprietor of Charles Roman Catering.