05/18/2017
Growing up in her grandmother’s Cambridge, MA-based Japanese restaurant, Tokyo, Tracy Chang knew her way around a kitchen and around Asian cooking traditions from very early on After serving at Boston’s award-winning O-Ya and then moving to Paris to study pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu, Chang landed alongside chef Martín… Read more
05/18/2017
Those who are fortunate enough to experience the Boston Chocolate Bar know how beautiful and sweet-isfying it is. And when you learn that this weekly cocoa extravaganza is just one of the many marvelous meal offerings at Boston’s historic Langham Hotel (www.langhamhotels.com/boston) it is easy to see why so many… Read more
05/18/2017
Dan Tavan has been fostering an avid love for food his entire life, cooking at home from a young age. After graduating from Cornell’s Hospitality program, he moved home to California, working in both kitchens and dining rooms of several fine restaurants throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Napa… Read more
05/18/2017
A native of Hartford, CT, William Kovel escaped the insurance capital to make his own mark as a chef. Studying with such luminaries as Traci Des Jardins of Jardinière, he moved first to San Francisco, then to London, and then across the US, until finally heading back towards home and… Read more
07/15/2015
Having learned the craft from his father, Chef Yona Shemtov, Avi left the real estate business to open a commissary and food truck in 2010. With a curated menu that features traditional Israeli fare and creative takes thereupon and that makes use of much of Boston’s bounty (including Sam Adams… Read more
06/24/2015
Massachusetts native Brian Dandro has been part of the team at the Royal Sonesta Boston since he came on as Executive Sous Chef in 2008. Since 2011, he has overseen all food and beverage operations, including the new but already wowing ArtBar. Embracing locally-sourced ingredient whenever possible, Dandro makes art… Read more
05/11/2015
Matt Drummond Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar 412 West Broadway, South Boston www.locosouthboston.com The fact that he grew up in in the relatively small town of Williamstown, MA, may somewhat explain how Chef Matt Drummond is able to do so much in such a small space as his… Read more
04/14/2015
Olivier Senoussaoui Precinct Kitchen + Bar 154 Berkeley Street Boston, MA 02116 www.precinctkitchenandbar.com Born in the Dordogne region of France (where he stared cooking at age 15!), Chef Olivier Senoussaoui now brings his Continental sense of how to use fresh local ingredients to the Loews Hotel in Downtown Boston.… Read more
04/08/2015
Robert Fathman Bel Ari 107 South Street, Boston www.belariboston.com Les Zygomates 129 South Street, Boston www.winebar129.com Having formerly been the man behind the pans at such local legends as Legal Seafood, XV Beacon and the Lenox Hotel in Boston, and the Red Lion Inn in Cohasset, Robrt Fathman… Read more
04/08/2015
Michael Schlow Tico 222 Berkeley Street, Boston www.ticorestaurant.com Long synonymous with the Boston dining scene, Michael Schlow continues to expand his own horizons while expanding the palates of his dining guests. Having won raves and ravenous fans for his acclaimed Via Matta, and two Alta Strada restaurants (the other… Read more
