Best New Chefs 2011: Their Simplest Recipes
One is a Peruvian native whose first cooking job was at Benihana; another is a Top Chef star; two more are a team from Salt Lake City who combine a love of foraging and a passion for seafood. The Best New Chef 2011 winners have very different backgrounds and cooking styles that reflect the amazing diversity in the restaurant world right now. Yet they have a few things in common: They've all run a kitchen for no more than five years, and they all blew us away when we traveled around the country to taste their outstanding food.
View a Slideshow of the 2011 Class of Best New Chefs
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Viet Pham & Bowman Brown
Forage • Salt Lake City
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Kevin Willmann
Farmhaus • St. Louis
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Joshua Skenes
Saison • San Francisco
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Ricardo Zarate
Mo-Chica • Los Angeles
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Jason Franey
Canlis • Seattle
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Bryce Gilmore
Barley Swine • Austin
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Carlo Mirarchi
Roberta's • New York City
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George Mendes
Aldea • New York City
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Stephanie Izard
Girl & the Goat • Chicago
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James Lewis
Bettola • Birmingham, AL