The People · Page 104
The artisans of taste.
Winemaker
Luc Schweitzer
Berson, France
## Career At Château Bourdieu in Berson, France, Luc Schweitzer works to the standards of a Bordeaux estate that was recognized in 2023 with Gold at both the Decanter World Wine…
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Luca Anselmi
Illasi, Italy
## The Path Wine production at Falezze Luca Anselmi in Illasi is shaped by continuity: traditional methods, seasonal rhythms, and a family line that has carried the estate for…
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Luca Bellani
Mornico Losana, Italy
Luca Bellani is the owner of Ca' di Frara in Mornico Losana, Italy, and that is the scale at which the work is read: through house, place, and responsibility. The name sits with a…
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Luca Bosio
Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy
Luca Bosio is manager of Bosio Family Estates in Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy. He is also a winemaker in Piedmont, working with Nebbiolo, Barbera, and Moscato, and he runs Bel Colle…
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Pastry Chef
Luca Mannori
Prato, Italy
Mannori Luca associe le goût de la nouveauté à l’expérience, ses spécialités ne peuvent être que délicieuses : biscotti di Prato (biscuits typiques de cette cité), Colomba et…
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Luca Marinelli
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Executive Chef at Motorino Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Luca Marinelli is an Italian chef whose work is defined by the kitchen role he holds day to day. That narrow public frame is…
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Lucas Lorenzo
Seattle, Washington, United States
Chef of Un Bien in Seattle is the title that carries Lucas Lorenzo’s public recognition, but the real story lives in the food itself: Caribbean-inspired sandwiches made with a…
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Winemaker
Lucette Bielle
Lalande De Pomerol, France
Owner and director of Domaine de Viaud in Lalande-de-Pomerol, France, Lucette Bielle works within a family estate founded in the 1940s by her father, Marius Bielle. The line of…
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Winemaker
Luciano Pira
Serralunga d'Alba, Italy
Agronomist responsible for overseeing the product from the vines to the bottle at Azienda Agricola Schiavenza in Serralunga d'Alba, Italy, Luciano Pira carries the estate’s work…
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Pastry Chef
Lucie Franc de Ferrière
New York City, New York, United States
Lucie Franc de Ferrière is the founder and baker of From Lucie in New York City, where pastry is as much about atmosphere as it is about flavor. Her work is defined by…
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Winemaker, Domaine Henri Germain
Lucie Germain
Meursault, France
In Meursault, France, White Burgundy is built through yield control, élevage paced for texture, and cellar work that does not outrun the site. At Domaine Henri Germain et Fils,…
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Winemaker
Lucien Dimani
Saint Vincent Rive D Olt, France
## Coming Up Lucien Dimani took over Domaine Le Bout du Lieu, a family vineyard built on continuity, stewardship, and close knowledge of the land. At Domaine Le Bout du Lieu, the…
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Winemaker
Lucija Kužir
Fericanci, Croatia
## Today Training at Agronomski fakultet u Zagrebu gave Lucija Kužir a disciplined base in vineyard and cellar work, and that foundation shows in a practice built around…
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Winemaker
Lucile Proy-Goulard
Épernay, France
Lucile Proy-Goulard heads the local union of the SGV, the syndicat général des vignerons. Her work is also practical and agricultural: at Champagne Proy-Goulard in Épernay,…
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Pastry Chef
Lucile Vigilant
Megève, France
Lucile Vigilant has been pastry chef of Loiseau La Pâtisserie in Saulieu, France, since 2024, where chocolate and pastry now sit under a dedicated Loiseau address. The post…
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Chef
Lucio Colombo
Paris, France
## The Path Pastry work here is defined by precision, rhythm, and repetition: sugar, butter, heat, and patience handled as discipline rather than display. Lucio Colombo trained at…
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Lucy Gibson
New York City, New York, United States
“Regardless of what everyone’s thoughts are, we are doing classical, regional Italian food and we’re not going to bend over to make this fit into what others might think a Rock…
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Winemaker
Ludovic Engelvin
Vic Le Fesq, France
## Coming Up Reputation in wine is often built in the smallest distinctions: site, grape, method, and the willingness to keep each one legible. Ludovic Engelvin has made his name…
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Winemaker
Ludovico Berteotti
Isera, Italy
As General Manager and winemaker of Cantina d'Isera, Ludovico Berteotti is formed by a cooperative idea as much as by cellar practice. His work gathers place, growers, machinery,…
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Chef
Luigi Coppola
Paestum, Italy
Chef de Cuisine at Casa Coloni Ristorante is the title that carries Luigi Coppola’s work in Paestum. The recognition is practical and exact: command of a kitchen shaped around…
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Winemaker
Luigi Giorgi
Broni, Italy
Vineyard-led winemaking at Cà Tessitori in Broni, Italy, is built around site separation and low-intervention cellar decisions. In Luigi Giorgi’s work, each individual vineyard is…
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Luigi Maffini
Castellabate, Italy
The estate vocabulary at Luigi Maffini is built around continuity rather than movement: vineyard fruit, a small family vineyard planted in the 1970s, and the first bottling of…
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Luigi Scavino
Castiglione Falletto, Italy
Luigi Scavino is the winemaker of Azelia in Castiglione Falletto. The work is defined by continuity: one producer, one place, one role. That narrow frame is the point. In trade…
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Winemaker
Luis Alberto Lecea
San Asensio, Spain
Luis Alberto Lecea is the winemaker in charge of Bodegas Lecea in San Asensio, Spain. The practical logic behind bottling is plain in his own account: vineyards already in place,…
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Luis Alberto Sacilotto
Cusco, Peru
Luis Alberto Sacilotto works the line and the dining room with the same practical discipline that defines a strong kitchen profile: steady service, clear role, and no need for…
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Chef
Luis Grau Cerro
Fuengirola, Spain
Luis Grau Cerro is Executive Chef of El Higuerón in Fuengirola. His path also includes an executive-chef role at Hilton Higuerón Hotel Málaga, Curio Collection by Hilton, in…
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Luis Guemes
Laguardia, Spain
Luis Guemes is Technical Director and Oenologist at Bodega 202 in Laguardia, Spain. His training includes Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and his work is framed by a concise…
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Luís Louro
Quinta Da Esperanca, Portugal
Luís Louro makes his wines at Adega Monte Branco in Quinta da Esperança, Portugal, working from a clear, almost uncompromising idea of purpose: wines with character. The phrase is…
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Luís Patrão
Poutena, Portugal
At Vadio in Poutena, Portugal, Luís Patrão works from a plain but demanding belief: DOC Bairrada wine should faithfully express the region’s historic terroir and indigenous…
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Winemaker
Luis Peique
Valtuille De Abajo Leon, Spain
Luis Peique is technical director at Bodegas Peique in Valtuille de Abajo, León, Spain. His professional arc is compact: one current appointment, one family house, and one…
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Luis Pérez Rodríguez
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Luis Pérez Rodríguez is associated with Bodegas Luis Pérez in Jerez de la Frontera, a name that anchors his profile to one of the most storied wine landscapes in Andalusia. His…
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Luis Rendon
Paris, France
Mexican and a Mexico City transplant, Luis Rendon is defined by continuity rather than reinvention. The work is anchored to Candelaria, and that single career line gives its…
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Luisella Benedetti
Dossobuono Di Villafranca, Italy
## The Climb Luisella Benedetti’s route into wine did not begin in a cellar or among the vines, but in the financial sector, a background that gave her first working years a…
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Lukas Baumgartner
Tegerfelden, Switzerland
Since 2002, Lukas Baumgartner has been the second-generation owner of Baumgartner Weinbau in Tegerfelden, Switzerland, with Sandra Baumgartner beside him in the work. His…
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Chef
Lukas Heuser
Lučenec, Slovakia
Since 2023, Lukas Heuser has been owner and head chef of Origin in Lučenec, Slovakia, a return that runs from his birthplace to more than twelve years in Switzerland and back to a…
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Lukasz Bilnik
London, United Kingdom
The cooking sits in a Pacific Northwestern frame: steak and seafood, including king crab, served as a fixed feast for a table rather than a set of separate orders. With Lukasz…
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Luke Holden
Manhattan, New York, United States
Luke Holden is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Luke's Lobster. The title is also personal history, because he says, “I was born into this amazing industry.” His career…
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Luke Matthews
New Milton, United Kingdom
Luke Matthews is Executive Head Chef of The Dining Room at Chewton Glen in New Milton, the defining role in a career tied to Chewton Glen. His cooking is inventive and…
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Luke Thomas
New York City, New York, United States
From Connah's Quay in North Wales to Café Habana in New York City, Luke Thomas has built his career through kitchens, ownership, and the restaurant business. The work started…
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Luke Wilson
London, United Kingdom
## The Essentials Front-of-house work is the throughline here: Luke Wilson’s profile is built around the guest-facing side of hospitality, where service, timing, and room reading…
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Luu Meng
Siem Reap, Cambodia
From hotel brigade work to countrywide research, Luu Meng’s career is built on apprenticeship, then scale: kitchen discipline at Sofitel Cambodiana and Sunway Hotel, a post at…
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Winemaker
Luzius Büsch
Maienfeld, Switzerland
Kellermeister (cellar master) at Büsch Weine in Maienfeld, Luzius Büsch keeps the work close to the vines, the press, and the cellar. The throughline is family learning, then…
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Winemaker
Mads Groom Andersen
Knebel, Denmark
Mads Groom Andersen is the founder of Andersen Winery in Knebel, Denmark. His work is defined by a clear preference for making something local rather than imitative: "For us, it…
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Winemaker
Magali Terrier
Peyriac De Mer, France
Magali Terrier works the family estate at Domaine des 2 Ânes in Peyriac-de-Mer with a team of three employees. In a region where the landscape can feel at once sunstruck and…
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Chef
Maia Acquaviva
New York City, New York, United States
Maia Acquaviva is the chef and owner of Oda House in Manhattan's East Village, New York City. Born and raised in Georgia, she studied medicine at the Medical University of Tbilisi…
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Mailea Weger
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Mailea Weger began her career in the fashion industry, moving through a world of silhouettes, texture, and presentation before finding herself drawn toward a different kind of…
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Winemaker
Maite Sánchez
Santa Cruz De Retamar Toledo, Spain
Maite Sánchez has been chief oenologist at Bodegas Arrayán in Santa Cruz de Retamar, Toledo, Spain, since 2009. The work sits in central Spain, with cellar training at Vega…
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Makoto Hinenoya
Kyoto, Japan
Makoto Hinenoya is the chef of Gion Yamagishi in Kyoto, Japan, where the achievement is measured through creative and refined kaiseki rather than public theatre. His work is built…
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Malcolm Wood
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Malcolm Wood has built his career with the same sense of purpose that shapes his life beyond work: deliberate, grounded, and centered on what endures. As the founder and Managing…
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Mamá Luz
Bogotá, Colombia
Mamá Luz owns Casa Mamá Luz in Bogotá, Colombia. The work is Traditional Colombian food, carried through Casa Mamá Luz and Tolú in Bogotá, with a stated association to Tolú and…
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James Beard Award winner
Mamba Hamissi
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Co-owner and chef at Baobab Fare in Detroit since 2021, Mamba Hamissi works in East African food, specifically the Swahili region. He describes the role plainly: "I'm the coowner…
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Chef
Mamoru Sugiyama
Tokyo, Japan
Mamoru Sugiyama is the Fourth-generation Owner and Chef of Ginza Sushi Ko Honten in Tokyo, a name that carries its own quiet gravity. Founded in 1885, the restaurant has the…
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Mané Romero
Madrid, Spain
Owner and chef at Colósimo in Madrid, Spain, since 2019, Mané Romero holds the title that defines his work most clearly. The restaurant is built around cooking described as…
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Winemaker
Manfred Gruber
Langenlois, Austria
Manfred Gruber is cellar master at Bio Weingut Manfred Gruber in Langenlois, and his professional story is, fittingly, the estate that carries his name. The line of his career…
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Chef
Manon Grasset
Cambo-les-Bains, France
Chef de partie at Auberge Ostapé in Bidarray, France, is the primary professional title in Manon Grasset's career. The work behind it runs through kitchens including Hôtel de…
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Manu Marañón
San Sebastián, Spain
Manu Mara is chef of Bar Txepetxa in San Sebastián, the defining fact of his culinary résumé. His career history is tied to the same venue, a compact path marked by continuity…
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Manuel Fernandez
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States
At Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Resorts Collection in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the material for Manuel Fernandez is place itself: the Southwest named through flavor and the discipline of…
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Winemaker
Manuel Olmo
La Roda, Spain
## Coming Up The role of gerente at Ecovitis, Sierra Norte y Bodegas Olcaviana puts Manuel Olmo in a line of work that joins cellar decisions to company management. In that…
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Winemaker
Marc Augustin
Avenay Val D Or, France
In Avenay-Val-d’Or, France, the work at Champagne Augustin begins with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay grown under biodynamic care. Marc Augustin is responsible for the cellar and for…
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Winemaker
Marc Balzan
Argnou Ayent, Switzerland
Marc Balzan is the winemaker of Cave Cherouche in Argnou Ayent, a name that feels the cellar and the slope, from the place and the hand that shapes what comes from it. His work is…
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Marc Barriot
Maury, France
# Marc Barriot ## The Path Since 2005, Marc Barriot has been vigneron of Clot de l'Origine, a role that sits at the point where vineyard work becomes long-term custodianship. In…
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Marc Canter
Los Angeles, California, United States
Before Marc Canter carried the title of third-generation owner at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles, his formation was the room itself: tables to bus, bakery traditions to absorb, a…
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Winemaker
Marc Desom
Remich, Luxembourg
Marc Desom is cellar master at Domaine Desom in Remich, Luxembourg. ## The Climb At Caves St Remy-Desom S.à r.l., Marc Desom holds the combined remit of associé-gérant, cellar…
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Winemaker
Marc Dworkin
Comuna Aliman, Romania
French Winemaker at Alira is the title that defines Marc Dworkin’s current work in Aliman and Rasova, Dobrogea, Romania. The appointment follows biochemistry in Paris, oenology in…
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Marc Isart
Chinchon, Spain
Marc Isart leads the family estate’s shift to biodynamic farming at Bodegas Cinco Leguas in Chinchón, Spain. The achievement is direct: a winemaker working from rocky highlands…
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Marc Milhade
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, France
Since 2005, Marc Milhade has been winemaker and manager at Château Boutisse in Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, France. That role defines the page: wine made and managed at one named…
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Marc Ramu
Dardagny, Switzerland
Marc Ramu has led Domaine du Clos des Pins as vigneron and cellar master since 2000 in Dardagny, in the Canton of Geneva. A member of a family associated with Domaine du Clos des…
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Marc Soyard
Plombieres Les Dijon, France
He came out of a non-winemaking family in the Jura, and that distance from inherited practice seems to have sharpened Marc Soyard’s attention to the work itself: reading a site…
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Marc Valette
Cessenon Sur Orb, France
From family vines in the South of France to ownership of Domaine Canet Valette outside Cessenon, France, Marc Valette’s route turns on 1992: the year he created his own domaine…
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Marc Vidal
New York City, New York, United States
Marc Vidal has served as executive chef of Boqueria in New York City since 2010. That appointment is the defining post in a career centered on formal training in Barcelona and…
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Marc Zimmerman
San Francisco, California, United States
His cooking language at Gozu was never only about beef as luxury, but about attention, range, and use: “We’re kind of showcasing the nuance and the versatility of the breed rather…
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Winemaker
Marcel Giesen
Waikari, New Zealand
## The Essentials Winegrowing and viticulture define Marcel Giesen’s work at Bell Hill Vineyard in Waikari, New Zealand. The role sits on the vineyard side of the trade, where…
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Marcel Kauer
Salt Spring Island, Canada
Since 1996, Marcel Kauer has served as Executive Chef at Hastings House Country House Hotel on Salt Spring Island, Canada. The kitchen there works in a clear register: European…
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Marcel Pomper
Neuberg Im Burgenland, Austria
Since 2024, Marcel Pomper has been General Manager of Allegria Resort Stegersbach, Austria. ## The Climb Since 2024, Marcel Pomper has been General Manager and leiter der therme,…
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Marcela Salas
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
## The Essentials - Founder — BibiSol, 2024. - Origin — Salas arrived in the United States as a young immigrant and turned to the kitchen as a place to connect with her culture…
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Marcello Tully
Isle of Skye, United Kingdom
Marcello Tully’s name is tied most closely to former chef director work at Kinloch Lodge Hotel & Restaurant, a role that ended in 2017. Born in Brazil, Tully cooks with an ease…
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Winemaker
Marchisio Gabriele
Castellinaldo D Alba, Italy
Marchisio Gabriele is the winemaker of Cascina del Pozzo in Castellinaldo d'Alba, Italy, a role that reads as both precise and quietly evocative: a craft anchored to a single…
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Marcia Thompson
Savannah, Georgia, United States
## In Their Words **“It was a pleasure to serve them a delicious Southern Lunch!”** ## FAQ **What is Marcia Thompson's current role?** Marcia Thompson Runs Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining…
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Marcial Pita
Cenlle, Spain
In Cenlle, Spain, the work at Bodegas El Paraguas begins with Treixadura, Albariño and Godello held apart long enough for origin and weather to speak. Marcial Pita owns the…
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Marcin Jasiura
Wrocław, Poland
Marcin Jasiura is Chef and Sushi Master at Noriko Sushi in Wrocław, Poland. His specialty is sushi, shaped by a precision-focused omakase practice at Noriko Omakase in Warsaw,…
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Marcin Król
Paris, France
It is more logical to cook from the ingredients available. For Marcin Król, chef and restaurateur of Cypsèle in Paris, France, that is not a slogan but a working rule: start with…
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Winemaker
Márcio Lopes
Vila, Portugal
Márcio Lopes founded Pequenos Rebentos in Vinho Verde, Portugal, in 2010, placing the work in a region whose freshness and tension would become central to the house style. The…
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Marco Buvoli
Sovizzo, Italy
## The Essentials At Buvoli in Sovizzo, Marco Buvoli works as oenologist with Pinot Noir as the central line of inquiry. The cellar is treated as both workplace and testing…
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Marco Cappelletti
Copenhagen, Denmark
Marco Cappelletti cooks at Barabba in Copenhagen with the quiet assurance of a chef who trusts precision, patience, and restraint. As chef there—and also Head Chef—he leads a…
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Marco Casanova
Walenstadt, Switzerland
Marco Casanova’s profile is built around winemaking and direction, with cellar work and business judgment treated as parts of the same discipline. As managing director and owner…
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Marco Cavedini
San Martino Buon Albergo, Italy
## Coming Up Agronomy came first, before the family business pulled Marco Cavedini back into the practical language of winegrowing. That background matters at CAVEDINI in San…
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Marco Cecchetto
Vazzola, Italy
Winegrowing at Cecchetto Giorgio is organized across vineyard, cellar and family continuity. In Vazzola, Italy, Marco Cecchetto works as enologist and owner within a family wine…
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Marco di Serramarrocco
Fulgatore, Italy
Winemaking at Azienda Agricola Barone di Serramarrocco in Fulgatore, Italy, since 2001 has been a matter of stewardship as much as production for Marco di Serramarrocco. The work…
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Marco Garrone
Domodossola, Italy
The production line at Cantine Garrone is tied to Valli Ossolane: steep Alpine terrain, cool expression, and Prünent, the old local grape that anchors the house vocabulary. In the…
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Marco Molaro
Olivola, Italy
His cooking is built on a clear rule: flavor leads, and technique stays in support. In Marco Molaro’s work, that principle is less a line for the menu than a working standard,…
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Marco Morillon
Teton Village, Wyoming, United States
Marco Morillon’s work at Il Villaggio Osteria in Teton Village, United States, is grounded in Italian cooking and in the logic of the family-style feast. As Executive Chef, he…
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Winemaker
Marco Mosconi
Verona, Italy
Marco Mosconi works from Azienda Agricola Marco Mosconi in Illasi, Verona, Italy, where the winemaking is tied to the family vineyards of the Illasi Valley. The estate’s name and…
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Marco Nicolosi Pinter
Milo, Italy
Marco Nicolosi Pinter is the winemaker of Barone di Villagrande in Milo, and that simple description carries the weight of his entire professional identity. The defining fact is…
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Chef
Marco Ortolani
Zürich, Switzerland
"Being an artisan means I am able to use my hands." For Marco Ortolani, the Italian chef who became Executive Chef at La Réserve Eden au Lac in Zürich in 2019, that belief is not…
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Marco Radicioni
Rome, Italy
Formation, for Marco Radicioni, runs through two Roman addresses before it arrives at his own counter: the hotel Excelsior, and Claudio Torcè’s gelato shop on Via…
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Marco Salinas
Torres del Paine, Chile
Marco Salinas is Head Chef at Awasi Patagonia in Torres del Paine, Chile, a position shaped as much by place as by title. The work sits inside one of the world’s most severe and…
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Marco Salvadori
Barberino Tavarnelle, Italy
Marco Salvadori works in the technical register of Tuscan wine at Casa Emma in Barberino Tavarnelle, Italy. The work connects viticulture, oenology, grapevine pathologies and the…
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Marco Tait
Roccatederighi, Italy
His work at the Tuscan estate has run on a single line since 2002, when Marco Tait was listed there as company manager. In Roccatederighi, Italy, that kind of continuity matters:…
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Marco Torri
London, United Kingdom
In London, the material is Italian: salmon or tuna cut for Tartare di Salmone o Tonno, beef for Carpaccio di Manzo, wild sea bass roasted with sweet-and-sour Sicilian vegetables,…
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Marco Vianello
Roncofreddo, Italy
Marco Vianello is co-owner of Amaracmand in Roncofreddo. He founded the winery in 2013, and explains its beginning through a severe winter memory: "It was 2012 and that year…
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