The People · Page 108
The artisans of taste.
Winemaker
Nathalie Reynaud
Courthézon, France
Operations manager and managing director at Domaine L'Abbé Dîne in Courthézon, Nathalie Reynaud carries a family line from vines planted in Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the 1880s to…
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Nathan Howie
St Petersburg, Florida, United States
## Where It Started Nathan Howie’s career arc begins with Benson Hospitality, a formative chapter that places his work within a wider hospitality family rather than a single…
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Nathan Lee Roberts
Healdsberg, California, United States
Nathan Lee Roberts is co-winemaker of Arnot-Roberts in Healdsburg, a position that feels like the natural flowering of a career that began not in a cellar tasting room, but in the…
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Nathan Lemley
Austin, Texas, United States
## Coming Up Training, repetition, and line work shaped the kitchen discipline behind Nathan Lemley’s path at Foreign & Domestic. He studied at The Art Institute of Houston, then…
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Nathan Lockwood
Seattle, Washington, United States
Nathan Lockwood is the chef/proprietor of Altura in Seattle, United States. His cooking celebrates Pacific Northwest bounty through classic Italian flavors, blending French…
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Nattapong Kaweenuntawong
Bangkok, Thailand
Owner of Wattana Panich in Bangkok, Thailand, Nattapong Kaweenuntawong carries a journey that began before him: a family recipe first made at home, then sold in the city, and now…
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Naved Nasir
London, United Kingdom
## The Idea Bombay is the organising reference here: a real melting-pot community, with food that takes in Irani café influence and the wider cross-currents of the city’s eating…
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Nebo Schamp
Antwerp, Belgium
## The Essentials Bloesem in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium is the kitchen now tied to Nebo Schamp’s Michelin recognition. The restaurant received its first Michelin star from the…
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Ned Baldwin
New York City, New York, United States
His path runs from Yale University to chef de cuisine at Prune in New York City, before the restaurant that now defines his public work. Asked about Houseman’s food, Ned Baldwin…
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Nejc Ban
Otočec, Slovenia
## Beginnings Ban practically grew up inside the castle’s kitchen, where proximity to the work meant more than passing familiarity; it placed him near the rhythms of preparation,…
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Nello da Biase
Madrid, Spain
Nello da Biase is chef of La Piperna in Madrid, Spain, a career that reads less like a string of stops than a long, steady immersion in a single house and a single idea. His…
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Nelson Soares
Cascais, Portugal
Since 2024, Brazilian chef Nelson Soares has led the kitchen at SULT Cascais, Portugal. The title carries the weight of a defined culinary proposition: Italian cuisine shaped by…
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Nena
Itacaré, Brazil
Nena is the chef at Txai Resort Itacaré, Brazil, where her cooking is guided less by theatrical flourish than by the quieter, more demanding discipline of place. In her hands, the…
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Neno Mladenovic
Los Angeles, California, United States
From Croatia to the red-sauce rhythm of West Hollywood, Neno Mladenovic’s work runs through one enduring room and the dishes that keep calling people back. By May 2019, the…
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Néstor Morais
San Sebastián, Spain
Executive Chef at Bar Nestor in San Sebastián is the title attached to Néstor Morais, but the work that gives it weight is the discipline behind the room. The cooking at Bar…
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Ni Nguyen
Denver, Colorado, United States
## The Essentials At Sắp Sửa in Denver, Ni Nguyen’s cooking reads as controlled and direct, with each plate built to land cleanly rather than loudly. Trúng Và Trúng, the brown…
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Nicholas Brown
Waipara Valley, New Zealand
His philosophy lands in plain terms: enjoy the process, celebrate it, and, where possible, stay connected to nature. That frame fits a career built in vineyards and vintages,…
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Chef
Nicholas Morgenstern
New York City, New York, United States
Nicholas Morgenstern has made ice cream the center of his work, shaping Morgenstern’s Finest Ice Cream in New York City into a place where indulgence is treated with both…
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Nicholas Tamburo
New York City, New York, United States
Nicholas Tamburo studied at Emerson College, and that detail anchors the shape of his early story: a college education that seems less like a footnote than the place where a…
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Nick Anderer
New York City, New York, United States
Executive chef and managing partner at Maialino in New York City, Nick Anderer has become one of the defining figures in a closely watched corner of Manhattan’s Italian dining…
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Nick Kennedy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nick Kennedy is chef and co-owner of Suraya (Philadelphia), the role that defines his public work and places his cooking in a specific city, room, and repertoire. His path…
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Nick Kim
New York City, New York, United States
## The Path At the Culinary Institute of America, Nick Kim picked up the base that would carry through a kitchen career built through line work and repetition. The next stops were…
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Nick Korbee
New York City, New York, United States
In Wichita, Kansas, the cooking at First Mile Kitchen works from proximity: locally grown ingredients, seasonal timing, and a service style that gives the product the first word.…
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Nick Maryol
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
Nick Maryol owns Tia Sophia's in Santa Fe, United States, where New Mexican cuisine is the house specialty and breakfast has long functioned as local operating procedure. The work…
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Nick Rabar
East Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Chef / Owner Nick Rabar leads Honeybird in East Providence with the kind of confidence that comes from knowing exactly what the room wants and exactly how to give it to them. At…
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Winemaker
Nico Espenschied
Flonheim, Germany
Nico Espenschied makes wine at Espenhof in Flonheim-Uffhofen, and the work is framed by a plain idea: wine should stay unconventional, indigenous, and lively. That line from…
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Nico Schuermans
Vancouver, Canada
In Vancouver, Canada, Belgian restaurant craft is set against West Coast supply at Chambar, where Nico Schuermans has worked since 2004 as owner. The cooking keeps a Belgian core:…
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Winemaker
Nicola Barollo
Preganziol, Italy
Owner of Barollo Winery in Preganziol, Italy, the work around Nicola Barollo is centered on Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, and the mineral soils between Venice and Treviso. The wine…
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Nicola Biasi
Montecalvo Versiggia, Italy
Founder of Nicola Biasi Consulting from 2020 to the present, Nicola Biasi has moved through wineries in Italy, Australia, and South Africa, then through nearly a decade in…
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Chef
Nicola Fanetti
Copenhagen, Denmark
Since 2018, Brace in Copenhagen has been shaped by Nicola Fanetti in the dual role of chef and co-founder. Born in Brescia, Italy, in 1989, he moved from formal training into…
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Nicola Laricchiuta
Cassano Delle Murge, Italy
Nicola Laricchiuta’s work sits in enology, with the cellar as the operating center and the cooperative as the public frame. At Cantina Sociale Luca Gentile in Cassano delle Murge,…
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Nicola Manferrari
Brazzano, Italy
Nicola Manferrari’s relationship to wine is framed by a first training in Pharmacy, a discipline he has described with unusual candour. “I took a degree in Pharmacy to keep my…
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Nicola Marcionetti
Monte Carasso, Switzerland
Founder and winemaker of Cantina Settemaggio in Monte Carasso since 1999, Nicola Marcionetti has spent more than two decades shaping a winery that is his own professional…
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Nicola Vaglini
Castellina Marittima, Italy
The career record runs through Montalcino, where cellar decisions carry the weight of site, extraction, and timing. In that context, Nicola Vaglini previously worked as oenologist…
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Nicola Vietina
Los Angeles, California, United States
At Bianca, the work reads in layers: classic dishes handled with modern technique, joined by organic breads, focaccia, and panettone. The kitchen language stays rooted in…
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Nicolás Baldo
Ferragudo, Portugal
Nicolás Baldo works the Algarve coast from Rei das Praias in Ferragudo, Portugal, where the line between land and sea stays visible on the plate. As Executive Chef, he cooks to…
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Nicolas Bonnet
Satigny, Switzerland
First to introduce Sauvignon Gris in Switzerland for La Cave de Genève, Nicolas Bonnet framed the move less as a one-off debut than as an argument for site. Geneva’s clay-silt…
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Nicolas Bouché
Pierry, France
Nicolas Bouch is the oenologist and cellar master of Champagne Bouché Père et Fils in Pierry, France. His work sits inside a family Champagne house where he has also served as…
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Nicolas Cadoux
Athenaz Avusy, Switzerland
At Domaine des Graves in Athenaz (Avusy), Nicolas Cadoux works with a winemaker’s first discipline: let the site remain legible. The wines are classical, the oak is used…
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Nicolas Chiquet
Dizy, France
Nicolas Chiquet is the winemaker at Champagne Gaston Chiquet in Dizy, France. His work is framed by continuity: “Our essential aim is to maintain the high standards of quality to…
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Nicolas Delaroque
San Francisco, California, United States
Nicolas Delaroque’s formation started in Rueil-Malmaison, between Paris and Versailles, in a household where meals were a shared ritual rather than a performance. That early table…
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Nicolas Faure
Fixin, France
## Career Nicolas Faure trained at Lycée Viticole in Beaune, a route that puts the work on vines and cellar floor before the label. In 2011, Domaine Nicolas Faure in Meuilley,…
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Nicolas Gueusquin
Oiry, France
Chief Executive Officer at Les Roches Blanches in Oiry, France, Nicolas Gueusquin leads a Champagne house tied to the Vallée de la Marne. In a region where identity is often…
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Nicolas Jacquier
Ardon, Switzerland
Oenologist Nicolas Jacquier works at Cave de Bovanche in Ardon. His practice joins cellar and vineyard work rather than separating them: "I cannot be only a cellar…
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Leader of Famille Joly
Nicolas Joly
Savennières, France
In Loire wine, biodynamic viticulture carries weight when it is bound to one site over many seasons rather than applied as a market surface. The record around Nicolas Joly is…
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Nicolas Maillart
Ecueil, France
Nicolas Maillart is owner and cellar master of Champagne Nicolas Maillart in Ecueil, France. He took over the family domaine in 2003, placing its name, direction, and cellar work…
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Nicolas Mylle
Bornem, Belgium
## The Climb Classical training at Hotelschool Spermalie gave Nicolas Mylle a foundation in discipline, clean execution, rhythm, and the small details that register at the table…
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Winemaker, Domaine Nicolas Perrault
Nicolas Perrault
Dezize-lès-Maranges, France
Winegrowing in the Bourgogne region frames the work at Domaine Nicolas Perrault in Dezize-les-Maranges, France, where Nicolas Perrault has worked as winemaker and vigneron since…
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Nicolas Reau
Sainte Radegonde, France
## The Path At Chinon, Nicolas Reau began as a winemaker, building the habits that define cellar work: repetition, close attention, and the discipline of making decisions in real…
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Nicolas Robert
Avize, France
Nicolas Robert is a winemaker-artisan at Domaine Robert-Denogent in Fuissé. He returned to the family estate in 2006 and now works with his brother Antoine across organically and…
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Nicolas Rondelli
Malfa, Italy
Italian cooking at Capofaro in Malfa, Italy is practiced as a house discipline rather than a sequence of outside references. Nicolas Rondelli leads that kitchen within the…
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Nicolas Uriel
Reims, France
## Career Nicolas Uriel works the cellar side of Champagne Thiénot in Reims, France, where style is measured in balance, freshness, and precision rather than in slogan. His remit…
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Nicolas Zufferey
Sierre, Switzerland
Nicolas Zufferey founded Cave des Bernunes in Sierre, Switzerland, in 1987 and has continued to shape it with the kind of quiet conviction that comes from knowing a place deeply…
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Nicole Bean
Houston, Texas, United States
## The Path At Academia Pizzaioli USA in 2019, Nicole Bean took a focused first step into pizza craft. That training set a baseline built on technique, repetition, and attention…
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Nicole Deriaux
L Etoile, France
The running of a domaine is not a single job but a full set of obligations: land, cellar, timing, maintenance, judgment, and repetition. In Nicole Deriaux’s profile, that…
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Nicole Gajadhar
New York City, New York, United States
“I find a sense of love and satisfaction when creating food, experiences, and memories for people.” At The Nines in New York City, Executive Chef Nicole Gajadhar gives that…
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Nicole Nocella
Dover, New Hampshire, United States
Chef and co-founder of Stalk in Dover, New Hampshire, United States, Nicole Nocella can be understood through kitchens rather than a named school: the discipline of executive-chef…
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Nicole Rubi
Paris, France
Nicole Rubi founded La Petite Maison in Nice, France, and built it around Niçoise cuisine and the wider Mediterranean table. The cooking is defined by restraint: home-cooked…
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Niels Frees
Helsinge, Denmark
Niels Frees is the winemaker at Annisse Vingård in Helsinge, where his work unfolds in close conversation with place, season, and the practical realities of Danish weather. Rather…
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Nik Hill
Sydney, Australia
## Coming Up Kitchen discipline in Nik Hill’s early career was built across distinctive rooms: chef at The Ledbury in London, chef at Sepia in Sydney, Australia, chef at The Old…
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Nikhil Abuvala
Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, United States
Nikhil Abuvala was chef-owner of Roux 30A in Grayton Beach. In 2019, he was owner and head chef of Nanbu Noodle Bar in Santa Rosa Beach; in 2023, co-owner of The Daytrader Tiki…
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Niko Bura
Potomje, Croatia
The work around Bura Mrgudić Winery begins with slope and grape: Plavac Mali, Dingač vineyards, and the hard fact that the Postup and Dingač sites are so steep they can only be…
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Nikola Benvenuti
Montovun, Croatia
Nikola Benvenuti works from wine, place, and the family name carried by Benvenuti vina in Croatia. Santa Elisabetta is the clearest named statement of that brief: a wine…
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Nikola Mirošević
Smokvicar, Croatia
Winemaker Nikola Mirošević works at Black Island Winery d.o.o. in Smokvica, Croatia, after a career path that includes Blato 1902 and an oenologist role at Merga Victa. The…
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Nikos Moroglou
Elia, Greece
At Pavilion Restaurant, Nikos Moroglou works in a register of restraint: refined, never fussy, and anchored in authentic Greek cooking and the Relais & Châteaux insistence on…
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Bartender / bar director
Niks Anuman
Bangkok, Thailand
Niks Anuman’s work in Bangkok has been built through two clear formats: one bar made around gin in all its varieties and rituals, the other around sustainably grown ingredients…
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Nilesh Singhv
Washington DC, Washington DC, United States
Nilesh Singhvi is chef of The Bombay Club in Washington, DC, where his cooking gives shape and warmth to the idea of Authentic Indian fare. When he became executive chef there in…
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Michelin-starred chef
Nils Ģēvele
Riga, Latvia
## The Essentials Since 2022, the Head Chef role at FERMA in Riga has placed Nils Ģēvele at the center of service, where pace, discipline, and consistency shape the kitchen’s…
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Nisha Katona
Liverpool, United Kingdom
British and born in 1971, Nisha Katona sits between two food cultures by habit rather than theory: she has said, “I was born in this country, but spent every holiday in India.”…
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Nishantha Pushpakumara
Hatton, Sri Lanka
As Head of Culinary Standards at Resplendent Ceylon, Nishantha Pushpakumara’s formation is best read through the kitchens and producers that shape his cooking: a lineage of Sri…
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Niyati Rao
Mumbai, India
Head Chef & Partner at EKAA in Mumbai, India, is the title that defines Niyati Rao’s work most clearly. The role puts her name beside a restaurant built around an ingredient-first…
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Noam Bilitzer
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
## The Climb Levantine cuisine sits at the center of Noam Bilitzer’s work, and he has argued for its place in contemporary dining: "Levantine cuisine is ancient and it deserves to…
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Nobu Yamazaki
Washington DC, Washington DC, United States
Chef-owner at Sushi Taro in Washington, DC, Nobu Yamazaki took over the business in 2003, bringing with him a sensibility shaped as much by family life as by formal study. His…
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Nobuyuki Matsuhisa
Los Angeles, California, United States
Chef proprietor and owner of Nobu and Matsuhisa restaurants, Nobuyuki Matsuhisa has a career measured by restaurants that earned attention in Beverly Hills, New York City, and…
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Winemaker
Noel Reverdy; Romain Reverdy
Verdigny, France
Proprietor at Domaine Bernard Reverdy, Noel Reverdy; Romain Reverdy works in Verdigny, France. The title attached to his name is the only role visible here, but it marks a line of…
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Noh Jin-seong
Seoul, South Korea
Noh Jin-seong works as Chef de cuisine at Dining in Space in Seoul, South Korea, with a kitchen language grounded in French cuisine. ## Coming Up French kitchen training in Paris…
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Nong Poonsukwattana
Portland, Oregon, United States
The working unit was minimal: two burners, one rice cooker, one rice warmer, and a hand sink. That setup is enough only when the format is disciplined. In the case of Nong…
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Nooror Somany Steppe
Phuket, Thailand
## At a Glance - **Primary role:** Founder — Blue Elephant. - **First opening:** Blue Elephant, Brussels, 1980. - **Training path:** Belgium, for French language study and French…
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Nora Breitschmid
Meggen, Switzerland
## The Essentials Nora Breitschmid is the Winemaker and Owner of Bioweingut Sitenrain in Meggen, Lucerne, the winery she took over in 2020. In a world where “organic” can be used…
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Norbert Marginter
Ritten, Italy
Oenologist at Ansitz Dolomytos Sacker in Unterinn am Ritten, Italy, Norbert Marginter carries one of South Tyrol’s more unusual natural-wine estates through exacting vineyard work…
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Norbert Szigeti
Zurndorf, Austria
Golser grapes, traditional bottle fermentation, and unhurried maturation define the work at A-Nobis Sektkellerei Norbert Szigeti in Zurndorf, Austria. The cellar’s language is…
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Noree Pla
Los Angeles, California, United States
Noree Pla is chef of Luv2Eat Thai Bistro in Los Angeles, a title that carries the weight of a Phuket-born cook who came to the city in 2009 and built her career in its kitchens.…
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Norihiro Ishizuka
New York City, New York, United States
In New York City, Norihiro Ishizuka’s work begins with udon noodles: a craft of repetition, pressure, and restraint. At Raku, where he is chef, the defining material is handmade…
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Norka Mella Munoz
Featherston, New Zealand
Norka Mella Munoz led Wharekauhau Country Estate in Featherston, New Zealand, to 1 Hat recognition in 2024. The cooking reads as a clean line between Chilean flavors and New…
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Normah Abd Hamid
London, United Kingdom
Formation, for Malaysian chef Normah Abd Hamid, runs through Johorean cooking and the Home-style Malaysian food she cooks as owner of Normah's in London, United Kingdom. After…
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Winemaker
Norrel Robertson MW
Calatayud, Spain
Scottish Master of Wine Norrel Robertson has been owner and winemaker at El Escocés Volante in Aragón, Spain, since 2003. ## Coming Up Norrel Robertson MW trained at Aberdeen…
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Nuno Cancela de Abreu
Sobral Mortagua, Portugal
Since 1991, the work has been anchored at Boas Quintas Sociedade Agricola in Mortágua, where Nuno Cancela de Abreu has held the combined role of Managing Partner and Winemaker.…
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Nuno Falcão Rodrigues
Tramagal, Portugal
Manager / Winemaker at Casal da Coelheira in Tramagal, Portugal, Nuno Falcão Rodrigues is responsible for the estate’s award-winning wines. His path began inside the same family…
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Nuria Altes
Sant Miquel De Balenya, Spain
## At a Glance Organic agriculture and sustainable winemaking sit at the center of Nuria Altes’s work, with biodiversity treated as a working asset rather than a backdrop. In this…
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Chef
Ohm Suansilphong
New York City, New York, United States
From chef roles at Nahm in Bangkok and Long Grain in Australia, Ohm Suansilphong’s path reads like a carefully plated journey toward New York City, where he has been chef and…
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Ole Kristoffersen
London, United Kingdom
His intention for the work was exact: to create the finest breads and pastries possible, baked fresh every day by hand. In that simplicity lies the force of Ole Kristoffersen’s…
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Oliver Poilevey
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Chef and co-owner Oliver Poilevey leads Le Bouchon in Chicago and is a James Beard Award semifinalist in the Restaurateur and Chef category. ## The Path Early in his career,…
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Winemaker
Olivier Bonnelye
Verac, France
# Olivier Bonnelye At Château L'Éperon in Vérac, France, the General Manager’s brief sits inside the work of winemaking rather than above it. In Olivier Bonnelye’s case,…
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Olivier Bonville
Avize, France
His work in Champagne is marked by a clear, almost architectural respect for terroir: wines shaped by origin, allowed time to gather depth, and presented with a naming style that…
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Olivier Bourra
Tokyo, Japan
Olivier Bourra is Executive Chef at Maison Paul Bocuse in Tokyo, Japan. The line is spare, and that spareness does useful work: chef, house, city. His career history returns to…
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Olivier Bouzerand
Edmond, Oklahoma, United States
Executive Chef at Fait Maison in Edmond, Oklahoma, since 2017, Olivier Bouzerand brings to the city a career shaped by French kitchens, international movement, and the disciplined…
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Winemaker
Olivier Collard
Épernay, France
Olivier Collard works in Champagne as both winemaker and co-manager at Champagne Collard-Picard in Épernay, France. The pairing matters: one role is responsible for production,…
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Olivier Decelle
Maury, France
## Coming Up The work here is defined less by movement than by continuity: one property, one region, one responsibility sustained over time. In trade terms, that means the…
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Olivier Gaïatto
Cap d'Antibes, France
His career line is brief, but it already defines the work: training in Nice, then a cooking style grounded in local terroir, crisp texture, and finish. ## Coming Up At Lycée…
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Olivier Giroux
Loche, France
Olivier Giroux is the owner and winemaker at Domaine du Clos des Rocs in Loché, Burgundy, France. He grew up in Fuissé. ## The Climb Since 2002, the work at Domaine du Clos des…
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