Best New Chefs and Their Simplest Recipes
Each year, F&W editors spend months finding cooks who are fantastically skilled, creative and driven. Here, our Best New Chefs of 2010, plus simple, spectacular recipes from each.
"Dumplings don't just fall out of the sky," says Roy Choi, one of this year's 10 Best New Chefs. His point: Making his favorite childhood dish is hard work. Similarly, Best New Chefs don't just miraculously appear: F&W editors spend months finding them. To locate cooks who are fantastically skilled, creative and driven—and who have run a kitchen for no longer than five years—we gather recommendations from food professionals nationwide, then eat anonymously at countless restaurants. And this year, we located exceptional chefs all over, from a remote corner of Virginia to the streets of Los Angeles, where Choi presides over a revolutionary Korean taco truck.
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1. Jason Stratton
Spinasse • Seattle
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2. Alex Seidel
Fruition • Denver
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3. John Shields
Town House • Chilhowie, Virginia
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4. Clayton Miller
Trummer' on Main • Clifton, Virginia
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5. Jonathon Sawyer
The Greenhouse Tavern • Cleveland
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6. Mike Sheerin
Blackbird • Chicago
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7. Roy Choi
Kogi Korean BBQ • Los Angeles
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8. James Syhabout
Commis • Oakland, California
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9. Missy Robbins
A Voce • New York City
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10. Matt Lightner
Castagna • Portland, Oregon
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