FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012
Benu is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

1. Benu

7.9
22 Hawthorne St (at Howard St), São Francisco, CA
Restaurante Neo-Americano · SoMa · 93 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Chef Corey Lee combines Asian-inspired flavors to create dishes like his must-try faux shark’s-fin soup. He loves to work with unusual ingredients, like pine needles from the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Leia mais.

Spice Table is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

2. Spice Table

114 S Central Ave (at E 1st St), Los Angeles, CA
Restaurante Vietnamita · Little Tokyo · 59 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Chef Bryant Ng “caught the bug to cook” while growing up washing dishes at his parents’ Chinese-American restaurant. His lightly fried cauliflower with turmeric and fiery fish sauce is a hit. Leia mais.

Madison Park Conservatory is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

3. Madison Park Conservatory

1927 43rd Ave E, Seattle, WA
Restaurante · Madison Park · 25 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Protégé of Best New Chef ’07 Matthew Dillon, chef Cormac Mahoney has made a name for himself in the Northwest food scene with standout dishes like smoked clam risotto with uni butter. Leia mais.

The Willows Inn is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

4. The Willows Inn

8.9
2579 W Shore Dr, Lummi Island, WA
Hotel · 13 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Delectable dishes like prawns with leeks, mussels and toasted bread (if you’re so lucky, as it is seasonally available) draw diners out to this little island, where chef Blain Wetzel works his magic. Leia mais.

Lincoln Restaurant is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

5. Lincoln Restaurant

3808 N Williams Ave (at NE Failing), Portland, OR
Restaurante Neo-Americano · 19 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Chef Jenn Louis attributes her minimalist approach to delicious menu items like baked eggs with cream, castelvetrano olives and herbed bread crumbs to her days cooking for the staff at Outward Bound. Leia mais.

ABC Kitchen is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

6. ABC Kitchen

9.2
35 E 18th St (btwn Broadway & Park Ave S), Nova Iorque, NY
Restaurante Neo-Americano · Flatiron District · 722 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Chef Dan Kluger met boss Jean-Georges Vongrichten at the Union Square farmers’ market, where he buys local ingredients for his sustainable menu. The farfalle with kasha and veal meatballs is perfect. Leia mais.

Torrisi Italian Specialties is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

7. Torrisi Italian Specialties

250 Mulberry St (at Prince St), Nova Iorque, NY
Restaurante Italiano · NoLita · 140 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Their backgrounds are Italian, but chefs Rich Torrisi and Mario Carbone insist on using domestic ingredients. The must-try dish here, per availability, is the island duck with mulberry mustard. Leia mais.

Equinox is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

8. Equinox

818 Connecticut Ave NW (at 17th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Restaurante Americano · Connecticut Avenue - K Street · 32 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Chef Karen Nicolas’s savory chestnut flan with roasted porcini mushrooms, coffee syrup and coffee soil is one example of how she is shaking up this iconic DC power restaurant with creative touches. Leia mais.

Ria is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

9. Ria

11 E Walton St (3rd floor, Waldorf Astoria Chicago), Chicago, IL
Restaurante · Near North Side · 5 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Chef Danny Grant calls Best New Chef ‘03 Bruce Sherman his mentor. At Ria he cultivates subtle yet complex flavor combinations in dishes like his popular rabbit terrine with carrot, turnip and potato. Leia mais.

Catbird Seat is one of FOOD & WINE’s Best New Chefs 2012.

10. Catbird Seat

8.2
1711 Division St, Nashville, TN
Restaurante Neo-Americano · 21 dicas e avaliações

Food & WineFood & Wine: Those lucky enough to try the seasonally available, supercrispy chicken—brushed with sorghum and seasoned with paprika—will be thrilled with the work of chefs Erik Anderson and Josh Habiger. Leia mais.