Chef & Founder
Justin Smillie
Chef & Founder, SlowFires
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i. Biography
Justin Smillie is an American chef, author, and restaurateur who is the founder of SlowFires, a live-fire culinary concept. He gained critical acclaim as the executive chef of New York City's Il Buco Alimentari & Vineria, earning a three-star review from The New York Times. Smillie subsequently partnered with Starr Restaurants to open Upland in Manhattan and Miami, receiving multiple James Beard Foundation Award nominations.
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