The People · Page 103
The artisans of taste.
Chef
Kyo Pang
New York City, New York, United States
## The Essentials - Role: chef/owner, Kopitiam, 2015–present. - Birthplace: Penang, Malaysia. - Kitchen roots: a traditional Baba Nyonya family and work that began in childhood. -…
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Kyobashi Kotaro
Wakayama, Japan
Kyobashi Kotaro is chef of Seino in Wakayama, Japan, the defining fact of his career biography. In a professional story that reads with unusual precision, his name and his post…
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Chef
Kyoo Eom
Washington DC, Washington DC, United States
From Yeosu University and Le Cordon Bleu at Brown College to Washington, D.C. dining rooms, Kyoo Eom’s résumé reads in the order working kitchens often respect: school, training,…
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Kyurim Lee
Portland, Oregon, United States
Kyurim Lee is the pastry chef of JinJu Patisserie in Portland, where her desserts are composed with a jeweler’s attention to balance: elegant on the plate, layered in flavor, and…
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Chef
L.C. Richardson
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
On Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, the material story begins with steel, brick, smoke, and sauce. ## The Place Richardson was born in 1934, and the restaurant that carries…
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Winemaker
Laetitia Billiot
Ambonnay, France
Billiot Fils in Ambonnay has the focused, almost intimate feel of a house defined by place and by hand. Laetitia Billiot’s work is tied to one Champagne house, one village, and a…
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Winemaker
Lalo Antón
Villabuena De Alava, Spain
Lalo Ant is CEO of Bodegas Izadi in Villabuena de Álava, Spain, where his career has come to read like a single, continuous thread through the Artevino name. Over time, that…
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Lam Suk Kiu
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lam Suk Kiu’s leading title is co-owner of Hop Sze in Hong Kong. For a chef, that title is measured at the table: the restaurant’s Baked Pork Chop Rice is described as its…
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Chef
Lamar Moore
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Lamar Moore’s career reads like kitchen repetition turned into authority: line work, banquet pressure, and ownership all sit on the same axis. The work is steady rather than…
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Winemaker
Landon Donley
Yountville, California, United States
Landon Donley is winemaker at Trinchero Napa Valley in St. Helena, where his work is centered on Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon and the particular demands of coaxing clarity,…
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Chef
Larry McGuire
Austin, Texas, United States
“I never bought into the scrappy taco truck thing.” Larry McGuire’s sentence lands like a preference for restaurants with shape, intention, and point of view, even when the food…
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Winemaker
Larry McKenna
Martinborough, New Zealand
## New Zealand Wine Hall of Fame, 2014 The 2014 New Zealand Wine Hall of Fame recognition sits on the back of a career built around one variety and one region. Training at…
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Chef
Larry Mellum
Seattle, Washington, United States
Larry Mellum founded Pike Place Chowder in Seattle, a business defined by seafood chowder. His own account of the move is direct: “My first thought was: I want to be at Pike Place…
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Larry Monaco
Pointe aux Canonniers, Mauritius
He has described the starting point plainly: “Cooking with my grandma growing up was fun for me, and then relaxing.” That kind of domestic repetition matters in the trade. For…
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Lars Batting
Copenhagen, Denmark
Lars Batting’s work is defined by continuity in a single bakery. Since 2004, he has held the role of Ejer og Stifter—owner and founder—of Batting Bakery in Charlottenlund,…
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Chef
Lars Möller
Hamburg, Germany
Since 2015, Lars Möller has led VLET Cooking Lounge in Hamburg as executive culinary and creative lead. The work sits between kitchen control and guest-facing composition: one…
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Lars Taylor
Portland, Maine, United States
Lars Taylor is the Executive Chef of The Honey Paw in Portland, Maine, United States, where his cooking reflects a balance of precision, curiosity, and a distinctly playful…
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Chef
Lau Kin Wai
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Executive chef and owner of Kin's Kitchen in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, Lau Kin Wai carries a Cantonese lineage built through private dining, family continuity, and careful attention to…
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Chef
Lau Ping Lui
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lau Ping Lui received the Michelin Guide Mentor Chef Award in 2026, a recognition that lands with quiet authority rather than fanfare. At Tin Lung Heen in Hong Kong, where he…
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Winemaker
Laura Brunelli
Montalcino, Italy
Her work stays anchored in Montalcino: "My focus is here in Montalcino for my wines." ## The Climb That experience sits behind her later move into wine, where she became owner of…
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Chef
Laura Santosuosso
Milan, Italy
Laura Santosuosso has been chef of Sandì in Milan since 2024, with the role defining the kitchen work attached to her name. The operation is concentrated and precise: co-owner and…
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Chef
Lauren Fox
New York City, New York, United States
## The Essentials Lauren Fox’s work with Alice’s Tea Cup began with a deliberately whimsical spark, one that looked straight to Lewis Carroll for inspiration. The concept drew…
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Chef
Lauren Krall Ivey
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Co-Executive Chef at Olivero in Wilmington is Lauren Krall Ivey’s defining title, but it only begins to describe the cadence of her work. The kitchen she leads is built on…
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Winemaker
Laurence Ployez
Ludes, France
Cellar Master Laurence Ployez leads the cellar at Champagne Ployez-Jacquemart in Ludes, France. ## Coming Up Laurence Ployez trained at Beaune. Laurence went on to work as…
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Winemaker
Laurent Autréau
Champillon, France
## At a Glance - Training: Lycée Viticole de la Champagne. - Family history: “It is my grandfather who took up the job of starting production of Champagne after the 2nd world war,…
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Winemaker
Laurent Cisneros
Canejan, France
Owner of Château de Rouillac in Canéjan, Laurent Cisneros works from a role defined by stewardship rather than spectacle. His public voice is concise about lineage and labor: “I…
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Winemaker
Laurent Cognard
Buxy, France
Laurent Cognard works as Viticulteur at Domaine Cognard Laurent in Buxy, where the craft reads as deliberate rather than scaled or hurried. The work is defined by artisanal…
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Winemaker
Laurent Cogombles
Cadaujac, France
Laurent Cogombles is the owner and winemaker of Château Bouscaut in Cadaujac, France. His work is rooted in site: “The Bouscaut terroir is comprised primarily of good clay and…
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Winemaker
Laurent Combier
Pont-de-l'Isère, France
## Coming Up The handoff of a family domaine is less about ceremony than about continuity in the work itself, and Laurent Combier’s role at Domaine Combier follows that pattern.…
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Winemaker
Laurent Cossy
Chexbres, Switzerland
Laurent Cossy’s work is defined by one place: Domaine des Rueyres in Chardonne. That kind of fixed address changes the terms of the job. In viticulture, depth often matters more…
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Winemaker
Laurent David
Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens, France
Laurent David is the owner and winemaker at Château Edmus in Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens, a role that gives his work both intimate scale and broad reach: he is responsible for the…
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Winemaker
Laurent Delaunay
Marseillette, France
Laurent Delaunay has made wine at Abbotts & Delaunay in Marseillette, France, since 2005. ## The Essentials Owner and president of Delaunay Vins & Domaines, Laurent Delaunay…
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Winemaker
Laurent Demontmerot
Dracy Les Couches, France
Laurent Demontmerot is the winemaker and wine producer at Domaine Demontmerot in Dracy-lès-Couches, Bourgogne, France, where the work is defined by site and by a family standard…
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Winemaker
Laurent Dufau
Saint-Estèphe, France
## At a Glance - Voice on vintage potential: “In any case, we have the potential, it will certainly be one of the great vintages.” Across two named estates in Saint-Estèphe,…
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Winemaker
Laurent Fournier
Marsannay-la-Côte, France
From training in Beaune to taking charge of an estate in Marsannay from 2001 to 2003, Laurent Fournier’s path has moved across Beaune and Marsannay with Domaine Jean Fournier at…
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Winemaker
Laurent Kox
Remich, Luxembourg
He still works from Remich, and that date marks the start of the estate under his name. Founder and winemaker are the two fixed points that define him. The Essentials. He works as…
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Winemaker
Laurent Lequart
Passy Grigny, France
Laurent Lequart is the winemaker at Champagne Laurent Lequart in Passy Grigny, France, a role rooted in a four-generation family line and carried forward through the daily…
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Chef
Laurent Magnin
Paris, France
The line of work runs through Hôtel de Ville de Crissier in Switzerland, Hexagone in Paris, and then L'Arcane, the Paris dining room built with Sophie Keller and a young team…
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Winemaker
Laurent Martray
Odenas, France
## Coming Up Since 1987, the winemaking at Domaine Laurent Martray has been carried by Laurent Martray, whose work has helped define the estate’s continuity as much as its output.…
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Winemaker
Laurent Prada
Blanquefort, France
## Where They Are Now At Barton & Guestier Château Magnol in Blanquefort, France, the work is paced by season, judgment, and consistency. Laurent Prada serves there as head…
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Winemaker
Laurent Saget
Mesland, France
From the Loire address of Saget La Perrière in Pouilly-sur-Loire to the family estate in Mesland, Laurent Saget’s path runs through appellations, brothership, and a widening idea…
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Winemaker
Laurent Saint Pasteur
Cissac Medoc, France
For more than 25 years, Laurent Saint Pasteur’s route has run through Château Cissac-Médoc, France, from long estate service to the technical direction of its wines. The arc is…
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Winemaker
Laurent Sinard
Courthézon, France
Since 2002, Laurent Sinard has worked at Domaine Saint-Laurent in Courthézon, France, as both winemaker and vineyard steward. The record is notable for what it does not contain:…
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Winemaker
Laurent Thévenoz
Laconnex, Switzerland
Laurent Thévenoz’s work as vigneron at Domaine des Trois Lacs in Laconnex starts in the vineyard, not the cellar. The job is built on reading the vines season by season, making…
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Chef
Lawrence "LT" Smith
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
## The Path Training is not stated, but the move from football into the kitchen gives Lawrence “LT” Smith’s work a clear frame: a switch made under pressure, then shaped into a…
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Winemaker
Lawrence Cronin
San Gusme, Italy
Since 2002, Lawrence Cronin has been the winemaker at Tenuta di Arceno in Tuscany, Italy, the role that defines his career and anchors his daily life in Chianti Classico. The line…
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Pastry Chef
Léa Chiari
Nîmes, France
Léa Chiari is the pastry chef of Léa Chiari Pâtisserie in Nîmes, France, where her work reads as a study in precision, restraint, and quietly held confidence. Her dossier is spare…
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Chef
Lee Anne Wong
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Since 2014, the work at Koko Head Cafe in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi has been the clearest read on Lee Anne Wong’s cooking: direct, balanced, and built to move between comfort and surprise…
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Chef
Lee Frank
Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
Lee Frank runs Otis Restaurant in Exeter, New Hampshire, where the brief points to classic all-American food rather than ornament. Built from a West Coast start, the work reflects…
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James Beard Award winner
Lee Initiative
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
## The Climb At New York University, the groundwork was not a style but a method: movement, curiosity, and an appetite for more than one cuisine. LEE Initiative later took that…
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Chef
Lee Tiernan
London, United Kingdom
In 2013, he was head chef at St. JOHN Bread and Wine, also in London; that earlier role sits plainly beside the restaurant he now leads. His own words give the moment a practical…
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Chef
Lei Jiang
New York City, New York, United States
## The Climb French Culinary Institute training sits in the background of Lei Jiang’s work at The Fulton, where formal technique meets a line cook’s understanding of production…
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Chef
Leigh Kellis
Portland, Maine, United States
Before Leigh Kellis became founder and co-owner of The Holy Donut (Portland, United States), her path had the focused, almost private intensity of a ritual performed out of sight…
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Chef
Lenny Moon
New York City, New York, United States
Executive Chef at HORTUS NYC in New York City is the title that defines Lenny Moon’s standing. The work behind it is rooted in Asian-fusion food and drink, shaped by family…
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Winemaker
Lenz M. Moser
Shandong, China
## The Climb Training at Klosterneuburg gave Lenz M. Moser the technical base for a career that moved between established European producers and later international work. He went…
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Winemaker
Lenz Moser
Shandong, China
Lenz Moser is the Austrian chief winemaker at Chateau Changyu-Moser XV in China, where cellar decisions are shaped by the pull between inherited practice and modern precision. He…
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Chef
Leo Nakano
Tokyo, Japan
In Phoenix, Arizona, the work is built on fish sourced from Japan, lightly seasoned rice, and restrained handling. Since 2018, Leo Nakano has run Sushi Nakano as owner and Head…
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Winemaker
Leonardo Marchesin
Conegliano, Italy
## Signature Leonardo Marchesin’s signature wines include Brut Millesimato and Conegliano-Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Dry Millesimato 2018, bottles that sit squarely…
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Winemaker
Leonor Freitas
Aguas De Moura, Portugal
President of the Board of Directors at Casa Ermelinda Freitas in Aguas de Moura, Portugal, Leonor Freitas leads the family name through a clear wine agenda. Her work at Casa…
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Winemaker
Leopoldo Kuschnaroff
Junin, Argentina
## The Path At Bodegas Esmeralda in Junín, Mendoza, the winemaking line has been carried in the same place since 2008, when Leopoldo Kuschnaroff entered as an oenology staff…
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Chef
Lesley Chandra
Auckland, New Zealand
The work is seasonality, by what the market can actually carry, and by a Pacific frame that reaches back to dishes shaped by childhood in Fiji. In Chandra’s kitchen, identity sits…
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Chef
Leslie Mackie
Seattle, Washington, United States
## The Path Bread and pastry sit at the center of the training record here: Leslie Mackie trained at California Culinary Academy. ## The Work Today The current role attached to…
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Chef
Leslie Polizzotto
New York City, New York, United States
An attorney before that venture, Leslie Polizzotto helped shape a shop built on doughnuts that leaned on off-beat flavor combinations and a distinctive interior, rather than…
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Chef
Li Dong
Beijing, China
Executive Chinese cooking at Jing Yaa Tang in Beijing has, since 2019, been led by Li Dong through a menu centered on Peking Duck and regional Chinese dishes handled without…
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Li Zhong
Framingham, Massachusetts, United States
Li Zhong stands at the center of Sichuan Gourmet in Framingham as both Executive Chef and founder, a dual role that gives him an unusually complete authorship over the…
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Winemaker
Libero Rillo
Torrecuso, Italy
Libero Rillo is the owner and manager of Fontanavecchia in Torrecuso, Benevento, Campania, Italy, and his name is now closely tied to a more exact reading of Falanghina. In a…
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Chef
Liew Tian Heong
Singapore, Singapore
Liew Tian Heong is Group Executive Chef of Chatterbox in Singapore. His work is centered on chicken rice, with Mandarin Chicken Rice described as legendary at the restaurant and…
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Chef
Lin Jerome
New York City, New York, United States
Lin Jerome’s defining title is co-founder of Refined Restaurant Group, the Las Vegas hospitality company she helped create in 2018. It is a role that feels earned through sequence…
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Chef
Linda Huang
Bozeman, Montana, United States
From a cooking-class and pop-up-dinner platform to a larger studio and private dining space on Lincoln Street, Linda Huang’s work with The Hummingbird's Kitchen has been based in…
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Winemaker
Lionel Comelade
Estagel, France
Lionel Comelade is the French owner winemaker at Domaine Comelade in Estagel, Roussillon, France, and that estate is the fixed point around which his public work is read. In the…
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Winemaker
Lionel Gauby
Calce, France
## The Climb Since 2000, Lionel Gauby has been the lead winemaker and guiding force of Domaine Gauby in Calce, Roussillon, France. The role reads less as a title than as sustained…
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Chef
Lisa Becklund
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Lisa Becklund is the chef and co-owner of FarmBar in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is also the chef and co-owner of Living Kitchen Farm & Dairy in Depew, Oklahoma, and il seme in Tulsa,…
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Chef
Liu Ching Ha
Beijing, China
Liu Ching Ha is chef of Summer Palace in Beijing, where his work centers on Cantonese cooking. ## Coming Up Early in their career, Liu worked as Chinese Executive Chef at Summer…
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Winemaker
Liv Vincendeau
Rochefort Sur Loire, France
Since 2014, Liv Vincendeau has held the winemaker’s post at Domäne Vincendeau in Rochefort-sur-Loire, France, where the work is shaped by site, season, and cellar in equal…
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Chef
Liz Quijada
Manhattan, New York, United States
Liz Quijada is part-owner of Abraço in Manhattan, United States. The clearest public accolade attached to her work is Saveur’s inclusion of the Cured Olive Cookies among five…
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Chef
Logan Cox
Seattle, Washington, United States
Logan Cox cooks at Homer in Seattle, where wood fire frames a Mediterranean and Middle Eastern menu that reads through a Pacific Northwest lens. The plates are built for sharing,…
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Chef
Lon Bounsanga
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
## Where It Started Cooking after high school gave Bounsanga a practical foundation: repetition, pace, and the pressure of service before any formal title entered the picture. For…
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Chef
Lon Symensma
Denver, Colorado, United States
Denver is the proving ground for Lon Symensma’s Modern Asian cuisine, where memory and reinvention are kept in balance. The work turns flavors, textures, colors, and stories of…
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Chef
Lorena Garcia
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
## The Path Lorena Garcia trained at Santa Maria University and Johnson & Wales University before working as an apprentice chef at the Ritz-Carlton in Paris, France. From there,…
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Winemaker
Lorenzo Ciappi
San Gimignano, Italy
Across that arc, the work moves from vineyards to cellar choices to bottles identified with the estate, including Vernaccia di San Gimignano, Crocus Riserva, and Acantho. ## Early…
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Winemaker
Lorenzo Landi
Trapani, Italy
## The Climb That background moved into practice in a measured way, with Landi building his professional profile through the discipline of winemaking and the technical side of…
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Winemaker
Lorenzo Magnelli
Montalcino, Italy
Lorenzo Magnelli is manager and winemaker of Le Chiuse in Montalcino, where he is also owner and winemaker. Born in Florence, he was brought into the family business at an early…
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Winemaker
Lorenzo Otto Bestué
Enate, Spain
Lorenzo Otto Bestué is director at Bodega Otto Bestué in Enate, Spain, a position that gives his professional identity a quiet clarity: his name and the winery’s name are closely…
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Winemaker
Lorenzo Peter Misciattelli Mocenigo Soranzo
Montegabbione, Italy
Since 2002, Lorenzo Peter Misciattelli Mocenigo Soranzo has been estate manager, wine maker, and owner of Castello di Montegiove in Montegabbione, Italy. The work identifies him…
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Chef
Lorin Janita
Bangkok, Thailand
Partner at Moohanakorn is Lorin Janita’s primary title, a plain marker of where the American chef’s career now lands. The cooking most closely associated with Janita runs through…
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Winemaker
Lorraine Leheny
Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Lorraine Leheny is owner and vigneron of Bilancia in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand; the plainest measure of the work is La Collina Syrah, its flagship wine. In 2023, Erin Larkin of…
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Winemaker
Louis Barruol
Gigondas, France
## At a Glance - **Primary work:** Owner and winemaker, 1992–present. - **Second venture:** Founder and co-owner, 2011. - **Craft line:** "I stick to what expresses my terroir at…
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Winemaker
Louis Boillot
Chambolle-Musigny, France
## The Path Family estate work at Domaine Lucien Boillot until 2002 shaped Louis Boillot’s practice before he set up on his own in 2003. Working alongside his brother and father…
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Winemaker
Louis Cheval-Gatinois
Aÿ, France
Since 2010, Louis Cheval-Gatinois has been the winemaker at Champagne Gatinois in Aÿ, guiding a house whose identity is as closely tied to place as to family continuity. His work…
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Winemaker
Louis de Belleroche
Pommard, France
## The Path At Domaine Lejeune in Pommard, France, the General Manager role sits at the point where daily operations, estate rhythm, and long-term order meet. Louis de Belleroche…
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Winemaker
Louis Fabre
Boutenac, France
In Languedoc, France, the FAMILLE FABRE work is framed by certified organic estate wines and cellar practice in which most cuvées undergo natural vinification without added…
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Winemaker
Louis Fonjallaz
Bourg En Lavaux, Switzerland
Louis Fonjallaz is owner of Etienne & Louis Fonjallaz in Epesses, Switzerland. His work also includes Domaine Louis Fonjallaz in Bourg-en-Lavaux, placing him within the Lavaux…
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Chef
Louis Gadby
Paris, France
Louis Gadby’s path is marked by continuity inside one of Paris’s most closely watched dining rooms. At L'Ami Louis in Paris, France, the work is defined by rhythm and control, and…
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Winemaker
Louis Mitjavile
Saint Genes De Castillon, France
## Coming Up Consulting work took Louis Mitjavile from Bordeaux to the Languedoc, then on to Spain, Argentina, and the United States. That span across regions gave him a practical…
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Winemaker
Louis Moreau
Legs, France
Louis Moreau has headed Domaine Louis Moreau in Beines since 1994, guiding a house whose roots in Chablis stretch back to 1814. In Burgundy, France, the estate has long been…
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Winemaker
Louis-Bernard Emery
Ayent, Switzerland
## Career Louis-Bernard Emery works from Cave Emery in Ayent, in a practice shaped less by distance from the source than by proximity to it: family, stone, and the cellar itself.…
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Winemaker
Louis‑Philippe Bovard
Cully, Switzerland
## The Climb In Lavaux, slope and exposure do as much shaping as cellar practice. Louis‑Philippe Bovard has worked within that frame for decades, carrying a family name that is…
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Chef
Louise "Cookie" Ciminieri
New York City, New York, United States
In 2013, Louise “Cookie” Ciminieri was co-owner of the Coney Island, Brooklyn restaurant, a place whose identity is tied as much to ritual as to flavor. Even the service rule…
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Winemaker
Luc Dubouloz
Chardonne, Switzerland
His work sits in one clear place: making wine for a named estate, with production as the defining responsibility rather than a side note. ## The Essentials The agricultural side…
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Winemaker
Luc Pélaquié
Saint Victor La Coste, France
The title is earned in vineyard decisions, cuvée-by-cuvée selection, cellar élevage, and the public record of Guide Hachette notices for Domaine Pélaquié wines. ## Coming Up…
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