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    Michael Tusk

    Executive Chef & Owner, Quince and Cotogna

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    Cotogna · Restaurant

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    Awards & recognition

    5 total

    2 winners

    James Beard Award logoJames Beard AwardWinnerOutstanding Chef2026James Beard Award logoJames Beard AwardWinnerBest Chefs2011James Beard Award logoJames Beard AwardNomineeOutstanding Chef2026James Beard Award logoJames Beard AwardSemifinalistOutstanding Chef2026
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    The Best Chef logoThe Best ChefHonoreeTop 100 — Rank 642018
    Portrait of Michael Tusk

    Portrait of Michael Tusk

    i. Biography

    Michael Tusk is the chef and owner, along with his wife Lindsay, of Quince and Cotogna, two critically acclaimed restaurants in San Francisco's Jackson Square. Born in New Jersey in 1964 and trained at Tulane University, Le Bernardin, and under mentors Alice Waters at Chez Panisse and Paul Bertolli at Oliveto, Tusk opened Quince in 2003 as a 60-seat Italian-inspired fine-dining destination that has held three Michelin stars since 2017. In 2011, he received the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Pacific, and his restaurants are known for celebrating seasonal Northern California produce through Italian and French regional cuisine.

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