 If there's one thing our friends at Food & Wine do even better than throwing fabulous festivals all around the country, developing stellar recipes and generally making our lives more appetizing - it's identifying up and coming talent from around the country. In each of the ten designated regions of the country, you - yes, YOU - may vote for the chef whose restaurant has most significantly stirred your soul and your palate. The winner of the The People's Best New Chef 2011 will be the subject of a profile in the July issue of Food & Wine and will no doubt hold you in tremendous gratitude and esteem until the end of time. We and the editors of Food & Wine would greatly prefer that you only vote for chefs whose restaurants you've actually visited, so the "chef" part of The People's Best New Chef 2011 really holds true. See more details at foodandwine.com and let the clicking commence! Midwest | Pacific | Southwest | Northwest | New England
Joshua Hopkins Why he’s amazing: Because his meat-centric cuisine elevates every part of the animal, like in his beef tripe with beef bacon and hominy in cilantro-lime broth.
Kevin Gillespie Cooking philosophy: “We tell the suppliers to bring us whatever is best, and then we write the menu from there. It’s like a jigsaw puzzle.”
Ryan Smith Changing menu: The original concept was meat-and-three, where diners chose their sides; Smith changed the menu to reflect the sides and pairings he thought were best for the mains. (But diners are welcome to make substitutions.)
Steven Satterfield Secret ingredient: Nutmeg. “I use it in a lot of things where most people use black pepper.”
Billy Allin Why he’s amazing: Because his unpretentious food reveals a mastery of flavors and execution even in the most humble offerings, like deviled eggs.
Bryan Emperor Why he’s amazing: Because he used his time abroad to learn the fundamentals of making impeccable, non-Westernized Asian food.
Aaron Vandemark On challenging diners’ tastes: “We do a duck-and-chestnut ravioli in a liver sauce. Sometimes that’s a really hard sell, so I’ll be stubborn and leave it on the menu, because I know it’s good. At a certain point, either my spirit’s broken or it clicks.”
Ryan Trimm Inspiration: His grandmother, a first generation Italian-American who cooked everything from scratch.
Tandy Wilson Volunteer work: Wilson coordinated the feeding of victims of Nashville’s flood last year and worked with local chefs to raise funds with charity dinners.
Joseph Lenn Kitchen must-have: A mandoline. “Every single cook that works with me has one at his station.” Midwest | Pacific | Southwest | Northwest | New England Voting starts on 2/15/11 and ends 3/1/11 at www.foodandwine.com/peoples-bnc. One vote per computer per region. Votes from any automated means or intended to disrupt the voting process (in American Express Publishing Corporation’s sole discretion) will be void. Chefs with the highest eligible votes per region will become finalists (10 total). The People's Best New Chef title will be determined based on highest number of eligible votes received during the voting period. All votes subject to verification. © 2011 American Express Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. 
|
  Recent Posts
 | ||
 |
|||
© 2012 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
| Advertise with us | About us | Help | Advertising Practices
Wow, amazing weblog structure! How lengthy have you ever been blogging for? you made blogging glance easy. The full glance of your web site is magnificent, as well as the content material!
I like this web blog very much, Its a rattling nice situation to read and obtain info . "'Taint't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes." by Sarah Orne Jewett.
retro jordan 9 http://www.2013retrojordans9.com
Jonathan Baltuch is a cheat and scam artist. He cheated 100 people out of their deposits for a cruise and will not return their money. He won't even answer the phone.
What is wrong with this picture? 10 chefs and all of them male. FAIL! If this is all you can do I can't support this.
Excellent!!!
Joseph Lenn's talent is an art, I love watching every meal he makes turn into a master piece.
Joseph deserves the applause ...amazing southern cooking .
Go Joseph Lenn! He is amazing! cooks Southern, local ingredients, seasonally. His menu changes daily! Great Team Behind him as well!
Ryan Trimm is not only a top notch chef he has one of the most fun and entertaining restaurants in Memphis
His food is great quality at a reasonable cost and he cahnges his menu seasonally
Joseph Lenn – Great chef, but working in a special place too few have the chance to be exposed to. Get out of the big cities and see what the world has to offer is my advice.
"any chef at 2nd rank = a smart cheater"
Food & Wine states that: "All votes subject to verification." I see some people are buying into this nonsense. Food & Wine uses the free version of Polldaddy's software and simply does not have access to the data required to perform an audit. These polls are primarily a stomping ground for bored teenagers with too much free time on their hands. The winner is usually the first one to cheat. I'm sure all of these chefs are very talented, but don't take this poll seriously.
Following your idea, any chef at 2nd rank could be a cheater.
Joseph Lenn, some of the most memorable meals of my life have been created by you. Bonne chance.
Great Food – Very innovative. We love to eat there. One of our very best new restaurarants among a great many we have gotten lately – Very deserving of an award
Why are there no female chefs? What am I missing? is this best male chef in America?
I had dinner at Abattoir tonight and got two bloody RAW hamburgers and did not even get an apology when I asked for them to be cooked more!
AWESOME CHEF & NEIGHBOR! Good Luck Ryan!
Agreed, they are not being tabulated correctly. My 400 FB friends all voted within a 3 hr span and Bryan's percentage went up. Poll operator please check the routing of the votes
It is quite silly to argue about opinion in this thread. The votes are either correctly being tabulated or they are not. The creator of this poll just needs to check the coding and see of the votes are being correctly directed. This is a black and white issue which is easily resolved by the owner of this poll!
Bryan has more than 1000 friends including his staffs and customers.
That is rather miniscule in comparison to over 15,000 FB followers of Gillespie isn't it?
Check out the numbers! Only 2583 recommendations are made. Where are the 15,000 FB you said?
Most of Bryan's friends made the recommendation. Where's the mentioned 15,000 FB?
Brandon common sense suggests that a certain percentage of one's followers, friends, relatives would participate in voting in a poll (not everyone has a computer or access to one, or interest in such things). Can't imagine 100% of any group participating. However, if you have somewhere around 1000 in a group it doesn't make sense that you would have over 3000 votes. These results are highly suspect. Just sayin... Jonathan is right, it's a matter easily resolved by the poller.
Karl~ following your common sense, Kebin's 15,000 FB follweres make the biggest group so Kevin should always be at 1st rank. And then why do we need participate in voting in this poll?
Hope you have a chance to read Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point (How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference)" and focus on "connectors". It may explain to you when common sense doesn't work.
I think you need to check your voting tabulation because I believe there is an error. The site is registering votes for Kevin Gillespie as votes for Bryan Emperor. They were neck and neck and as soon I sent a blast email to our James Gang Cruisers to let them know about this contest (Kevin was the guest chef on our cruise in October and was amazing) Bryan shot up and Kevin stayed the same. I know for a fact that tons of them voted for Kevin because they emailed me to say they did. I am 100% sure that when they vote for Kevin it is being registered as a vote for Bryan.............!
BTW – My post is not a knock against Bryan. I have not been to his restaurant but based on the comments here I am sure he is wonderful as are all the finalists. I just think if you are going to do a poll it should be accurate. Also all the people on our cruise 300 had the opportunity to enjoy 2 separate 5 course wine dinner by Chef Kevin so they are well positioned to comment on his cooking.
If someone votes for Kevin, it registers for Bryan how can Kevin number ever go up? Or how can he ever get any votes register for him at all?
Definitely, vote for Chef Emperor....best valentine dinner I have ever had...I hope he wins...
What Jaylee said, no doubt. No online following at all and yet he's out pacing competition by a mile that does have a great following.
Totally agree... The poll is miscounting votes for sure
I totally agree about questioning the legitimacy of the votes for Bryan Emperor. His votes do go up a strange rate. It has to be some type of proxy server voting. I also saw an article requesting people vote for him multiple times. The only way you could do that is by cheating in some way or another. Too bad that some people go to any length to win. Very sad that type of activity is tolerated.
In every single online poll or contest I've ever seen, the losers question the authenticity of the votes, without exception.
Chef Bryan may not have loads of Twitter and Facebook followers, but I and many other of his friends do. Don't be jealous that he knows how to motivate and mobilize people. These are some of the skills required to run a great restaurant.
Jaylee, unless you post a link to this article requesting people to vote multiple times, you are the one engaging in unsavory tactics here. Let's see it. Where's the link, Jaylee?
Here ya go Mark, be sure to read the last sentence when says" vote often", I believe that speaks for itself in encouraging people to be dishonest, don't you?
Its time to rally the troops to support Charlotte’s own Chef Bryan Emperor who is in the running for CNN and Food & Wine’s The People’s Best New Chef. Chef Bryan Emperor is the Head Chef and General Manager of Kalu, a relatively new Asian restaurant uptown, across the street from the Breakfast Club.
We stopped by Kalu and let Bryan give his pitch for why he is the Best New Chef in America.
Chef Bryan is the only chef in the competition representing Charlotte. Lets show them how great our city’s cuisine is!
Voting ends March 1st, so vote early and often! http://cltblog.com/14396
Where are all of the female
Where are all of the women?
Who is the Bryan Emperor? Someone should really check the legitimacy of the votes coming in for him (is he doing this on some Proxy server?). His votes are going up at a strangely weird rate, and he only has moderate following on facebook and twitter and you cannot even sign up for emails on his website. Strange to see that much growth without any marketing power by it...where as Kevin G. at least has a Target Commercial!
Bryan has so many friends more than you can count.
Check out that he used his time abroad and he does the non-Westernized Asian food.
I hope this would be the answer you're looking for.
Voted for Bryan Emperor. If you did not have a chance to have his amazing true Asian food yet, you should leave now and try his food before you vote. You will taste Asia without airfares. (I strongly suggest his Korean food; then you will understand why I suggest it.)
Ryan Trimm of Sweetgrass in Memphis, TN is absolutely amazing! I have travelled the world and experienced top fine dining in some of the world's most exclusive restraunts and I am proud to be able to say my favorite dining experience and best food is now in my hometown of Memphis, Tn, and I have been beyond impressed with Ryan Trimm, and Sweetgrass. I eat there several times a week and when friends or family come in town, I always take them to Sweetgrass for an amazing dinner. When in Memphis, I recomend Sweetgrass as the best place to eat amazing food and always have incredible and friendly service.
RYAN TRIMM for sure! One of the best meals we have eaten! We give him TWO VOTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph Lenn is Amazing! Elegant food that is absolutely SOUTHERN!!! Go Chef Lenn!
Kevin is crazy talented. This is not a contest. Do yourself a favor and drop in on the Woodfire Grill. You will be thrilled.
Tandy Wilson is not only a awesome chef but a man with a BIG heart. I have witnessed his kindness first hand and and can't say enough good thngs about him. Can't get enough of the house made belly ham pizza or the Cauliflower/Tomato Gnocchi. If in Nashville City House is a MUST!
this is a TOUGH TOUGH choice. i have eaten at 4 of the metro atlanta restaurants, and they are all spectacular. but i am most torn between kevin gillespie and billy allin.
Kevin Gillespie is my favorite by far....and I have eaten at 7 of the nominee's restaurants. Go to Woodfire and try the quail and farro. It is brilliant. His ever-changing tasting menu is always a revelation. Kudos Chef Kevin!
Chef Emperor is not only an awesome chef but a cool dude, he brought in my class and sat down with us ,and leveled with us on everything he has been through. It was an educating expierence not to mention his food is awesome. A kobe beef meatball that will make you slap yo momma! Anywho GO CHEF EMPEROR!
Voted for Billy Allin. Cakes & Ale is outstanding, great ever changing menu.
the menus at sweet grass and slightly north of broad are eerily similar no? bbq tuna is snobs signature dish no? dessert menus are nearly inentical. where did trimm work in charleston?
excuse me but is this award called the "white men under 50 who are working as chef's award"? Living in Tennessee I can't help but notice the talented women over 50 who have been overlooked for many years. Write ins from Nashville Debra Paquette and Margot McCormick.
Billy Allin gets my vote!
Tandy's the man!!!
Vote Chef Emperor! He is defnitely an amazing Chef! And, not pretentious. How refreshing... A group of nine of us ate @Kalu including my then 2 1/2 year son old who had a kamameshi rice pot made especially for him. It was a culinary experience that I can only sum up to mesmerizing! Even my 2 1/2 year old had all of his rice-the first. Wonderful experience! A must have is the Japense style chicken wings... out of this world.
Ryan Trimm of Memphis is really the odd man out here. The food at his restaurant is merely average at best. Cannot understand how this list was formed. Contenders make it a joke.
Vote for Ryan Smith! He is definitely the most creative new chef. Empire State South is always so awesome, great food, wine and service.
You have got to vote for Chef Bryan Emperor @ Kalu – he is AMAZING and really pours his heart and soul into everything he masterfully creates in his kitchen – trust me, this guy deserves your vote!! Go Bryan!! (And, they have amazing help at Kalu – ask for Monica and she can introduce you to Chef Bryan!)
Kevin Gillespie is definitely deserving and NOT because he was on TC. We ate at Woodfire Grill last New Year's Eve and it was the best dining experience of our life. The service, the food..the entire experience from start to finish was fabulous. I highly recommend it!
I voted for Billy Allin of Cakes and Ale since I like to eat at his restaurant. His food is amazing.
I love Bryan Emperor chef. his korean food is so excellent and health food. I love him.
also. i recommend his food.
I have watched Tandy Wilson grow from a fine young man into the fantastic Chef that he is today . He has given Nashville new light in the dining industry. His City House is a great place to dine, loacted in our Historic German Town area. If you don't go to City House you will never know what you are missing.
And he is cute as punch!
Tandy deserves recognition he has made it work in a non foodie city. The Nashville Food Scene is City House!
After reading the title for this contest I thought it was to select a "BEST NEW CHEF." But after reviewing the finalist, I recognized Kevin G from a TV reality show.
Quoted from your article....
"We and the editors of Food & Wine would greatly prefer that you only vote for chefs whose restaurants you've actually visited, so the "chef" part of The People's Best New Chef 2011 really holds true."
I would like to add another rule for you to follow. Make sure that all participants are a "NEW CHEF." Sure doesn't seem like a fair situation to me! If you set the rules, do us all a favor and follow them!
It is too bad this poll appears to be driven by celebrity status instead of the food/restaurant that the chef is from.
I agree, Jake. Kevin already had his chance to shine. I was rooting for him in Top Chef, but now I'm rooting for Chef Emporer from Charlotte! All hail the emporer!
If you have ever eaten at Woodfire Grill, you would never say that this is driven by "celebrity status". The food is awesome, and it's also a great place to eat. Great staff, exceptional food, and a good atmosphere to eat and enjoy!
Absolutely! Woodfire Grill is the best restaurant in Atlanta. The fact that he was on Top Chef should not cause people to be biased against him!
So totally agree, I've had both his 5 and 7 course tasting menus and there wasn't a morsel on my plate that wasn't fabulously delightful! He's a total genius and the staff there is absolutely amazing. Can't wait to eat at his new restaurant when it opens.
I'm with you on this, Jake.
Fabulous chef. I love his restaurant.