BEST NEW CHEFS

Best. New. Chefs. Three of our favorite words in the English language. Put them together and you've got the thing that we at Food & Wine live for: the chance, once a year, to celebrate the most exciting newcomers on the culinary scene. Make no mistake—this is a massive project. We comb through hundreds of nominations from well-placed food pros, travel all around the country and eat more meals than are probably good for us. But it's a project we love, because once we've done our homework, we ask only one thing of the final candidates: thrill us. These three women and seven men did just that. they are talented, original and driven to excel. It's our pleasure to introduce them.