Jennifer SauerChef Jeremy FoxThe James Beard Awards (popularly known as the Oscars of the
food world) will be awarded Monday, May 4. This year all five chefs nominated
for the category of Best Chef: Pacific - an area that covers California and
Hawaii -- come from the Bay Area: Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu in Napa, Douglas Keane
of Cyrus in Healdsburg, Loretta Keller of Coco500 in San Francisco, David
Kinch of Manresa in Los Gatos, and Daniel Patterson of Coi in San Francisco.
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C. NewtonChad Newton: Wants Gordon to keep yelling.Growing up in Mountain View, Chad Newton got a taste of restaurant glory via family trips to Stars, Jeremiah Tower's watershed Cali brasserie. "I used to always gravitate toward the regular menu, not the kid's menu," Newton said. He graduated from the Restaurant Management program at S.F. State, and in 2001 scored a front of the house job as food runner at Postrio during the reign of Steven and Mitchell Rosenthal (now the forces behind To
Before he was a pizzaiolo, Darsky scouted talent for the KC Royals.Go ahead, call Jon Darsky a pizzaiolo, though the Flour Water pizza maker really prefers "dough guy" instead. Since opening last May in the Mission (2401 Harrison at 20th St.), the restaurant has stayed smoking hot, and Darsky's prowess with a peel has made it as far as the pages of the New York Times (a recent piece called him a "skilled operator"). Still, the 30-year-old dough guy has kept a profile practically on par
Kiino, working the Cane Rosso lunch line.We confess: We have no clue what the hell environmental geologists do. But if studying to be one means you walk away with an acute understanding of stuff like terroir, and how foods grow, then it was the perfect education for Lauren Kiino. The 37-year-old chef is partner with Daniel Patterson in Cane Rosso in the Ferry Building and Bracina, slated to launch this winter in Jack London Square. Along with Patterson -- a kind of mentor -- Kiino is beco
