Executive chef Zach Bell, who made a reputation working for Daniel Boulud at Daniel in New York City and at Café Boulud in Palm Beach, now is creating an updated cuisine at Addison Reserve Country Club west of Delray Beach.

Chef Bell, a four-time finalist in the Best Chef category in the James Beard’s Foundation’s prestigious awards, is in charge of four new restaurants that are part of the $18-million expansion and renovation of the clubhouse.

“It was a great opportunity to reinvent the country club scene,” Bell said. “It is an exciting venue and a new challenge.”

Part of that challenge is keeping the residents happy by retaining their old favorites while introducing them to new dishes such as Pompano “En Croute” sautéed with a thin layer of bread crumbs seasoned with salt and pepper.

“In this competitive environment, we as a club are either growing or falling behind,” Michael McCarthy, CEO and general manager, said in a recent tour of the facility.

The clubhouse, which grew 24,000 square feet to 70,000 square feet, has added four distinct restaurants.

Styr: sports bar by day and tapas and small plate restaurant by night.

Trattoria: upscale Italian restaurant featuring homemade pastas and classic Italian entrées.

Taste: seafood and chophouse featuring Grand Western prime meat.

Vault: private dining room for 16 to 20 people that allows members to work with Chef Bell to devise a special menu and wines for a party or business meeting.

“What I hope is that Vault will give our members a chance to create lifetime memories,” McCarthy said.

Vault is the best example of legendary Palm Beach society architect Addison Mizner’s style. The décor, created by Image Design in Atlanta, features Mediterranean high-back chairs and a pair of round metal chandeliers. An interesting but non-Mizner accent is a vaulted ceiling covered with Chicago-style bricks cut in half. The craftsman, lying on a scaffold, took seven weeks to complete the job.

Other Mizner touches include two-tone stained wood beams on the ceilings and pecky cypress in the clubhouse lobby and on porch ceilings.

“When the club originally opened, it had the Addison Mizner look,” McCarthy said. “Seven or eight years ago, it was redesigned with a contemporary, chicer look that didn’t fit. This is a Mediterranean style community. The owners wanted it to go back to the Mizner style.”