i. Biography
The Path
Training at Cambridge School of Culinary Arts in 1996 gave David Bazirgan a working base in precision and discipline. That schooling in Cambridge set the frame for what came after: a career built across major kitchens, but always with the same underlying emphasis on control, technique, and measured execution.
The Work
Kitchen leadership in Boston and San Francisco defines the middle of Bazirgan’s record, with each post showing a different register of the same craft. At No. 9 Park, he served as chef de cuisine in Boston, a role that placed David Bazirgan in one of the city’s serious kitchens and marked him for exacting execution. In San Francisco, he moved into executive leadership at Dirty Habit, then returned to Cambridge for executive chef work at Bambara Kitchen & Bar. Read in sequence, those roles track the progression of a chef working across cities without losing continuity of method. The line runs from training in Cambridge to kitchen leadership in Boston, then to recognition in Potrero Hill, executive responsibility in San Francisco, and executive chef work again in Cambridge. Each step in David Bazirgan’s path shows a different level of responsibility, but the same discipline holds throughout.
Signature
Uni flan is the signature dish named for David Bazirgan, and it points to the kind of precise, distinctive cooking that his record supports.
Acclaim
The clearest public recognition attached to Bazirgan is the 2005 StarChefs Rising Star Award, earned at Baraka in Potrero Hill, San Francisco. David Bazirgan’s award sits at a specific point in the record: after Cambridge training and Boston kitchen work, his cooking was recognized on the West Coast, giving the career a dated marker of outside validation. That 2005 recognition at Baraka sits alongside the later and earlier posts that round out his résumé — chef de cuisine at No. 9 Park, executive chef and general manager at Dirty Habit, and executive chef at Bambara Kitchen & Bar — each one adding another measured step to a career built across cities, roles, and kitchens.
Profile updated August 2026
FAQ
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What is David Bazirgan's current role?
As of 2026, David Bazirgan is StarChefs - Rising Star Award.
Where did David Bazirgan train or study?
David Bazirgan trained at Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.
What recognition has David Bazirgan received?
San Francisco Chronicle - Rising Star Chef.
