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Irene Li
Irene Li operates Mei Mei Restaurant in Boston, where she and her team worked pre-COVID to drive the industry forward in ethical sourcing and fair employment practices. A Boston native and Cornell University graduate, Irene has worked on farms, taught in prisons and watched hours of YouTube vid...
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Will Myska
Will Myska, chef/owner, Ore Nell’s Barbecue in Kittery, Maine, is as masterful a pitmaster as he is at whipping up homemade banana pudding. This Houston native is bringing down-home Texas hospitality to the Maine/NH border. Ore Nell’s Barbecue is already earning regional acclaim for its authen...
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David Vargas
David Vargas, Chef/Owner, Vida Cantina brings his Mexican heritage and appreciation for local seasonal New England product to every plate at Vida Cantina in Portsmouth, NH. A James Beard nominated chef, (2020, 2019) David grew up in Southern CA and has spent a lifetime learning, living and sharing h...
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Douglass Williams
Douglass Williams, Chef/Owner, MIDA Boston, is a Food & Wine Best New Chef 2020, and a James Beard Foundation Semi-Finalist, Best Chef Northeast. Known for his deft technique with hand-made pasta, generous hospitality, and a smile and spirit that light up the room, Williams is committed to makin...
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Karan Gokani
London has been turned on to the foods of Sri Lanka for some time, but of the city’s restaurant Hoppers, which Karan Gokani manages as part of his wife’s family business, the Evening Standard says, “nowhere else is it done so seductively.” Named for the crêpes made from fermented rice and...
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Sabrina Gidda
British food lovers may know chef Sabrina Gidda from appearances on two seasons of the BBC’s Great British Menu, the cheftestant-packed cooking competition. But day to day, Gidda is at the helm at the tony all-women’s networking club, the AllBright, which has outposts in London, in Fitzrovia and...
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Ben Bensoussan
When chef Ben Bensoussan, a Frenchman from Marseille, became executive chef at Madrid’s Le Cabrera, one review said, “his traditional tapas with a twist could fool any Madrileño into believing he was a native.” Of course, Bensoussan had lived in Madrid for years before leading Spanish master ...
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Tristan Welch
Within the very upright University Arms Hotel, in Cambridge, there seems to be a bit of mischief afoot, courtesy of chef Tristan Welch and the hotel’s restaurant, Parker’s Tavern. Or at least that’s what the hotel’s website leads you to believe in describing Welch: “Beneath the elegant sur...
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Alex Rushmer
In 2010, chef Alex Rushmer had been finale runner-up on the BBC’s Masterchef series. A year later, he opened his own place, Hole in the Wall, in the village of Little Wilbraham. It grew into an award-winning restaurant that a food critic for the Independent claimed “satisfies four of my abiding ...
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Alex Thomopoulos
Chef Alex Thomopoulos has turned a love of and gift for making people laugh and making great, healthy food into a winning career combination. Currently, she’s the chef of the Venice café Great White, which launched in 2017, where she’s crafting good-for-you dishes like breakfast corn fritters w...
