The People · Page 111
The artisans of taste.
Chef
Rahul Akerkar
Mumbai, India
Rahul Akerkar’s kitchen rule is plain: "Serve good food cooked well." The line reads as discipline, not slogan. In practice, it puts technique before display, and keeps the work…
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Ramiro Arvizu
Bell, California, United States
Ramiro Arvizu cooks with one foot firmly planted in tradition and the other reaching toward possibility, a balance that gives his food at La Casita Mexicana in Bell Gardens its…
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Ramiro Ibáñez
Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain
In Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain, Bodegas Cota 45 is the place tied most directly to Ramiro Ibanez’s work: a bodega, a city, and a sherry-country vocabulary held close rather than…
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Ramon Roqueta Segalés
Santa Maria D Horta D Avinyo, Spain
Ramon Roqueta Segalés specialized in Grenache, the defining marker of his work. The role sits inside a family wine story he describes plainly: “I belong to the fifth generation of…
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Ramon Taimanglo
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
## The Climb Training inside The Indigo Road Hospitality Group gave Ramon Taimanglo the operating language of the group from the start. ## Today Since 2024, Culinary Director of…
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Randle Johnson
Napa, California, United States
“absolutely old school: picking in metal pails, counting each picker’s pails, crew on each side of the bin taking out the leaves. Guess who asks for that? The pain in the butt…
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Randy Rucker
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
## Coming Up Technique entered the work early for Randy Rucker at Johnson & Wales University, where kitchen rigor and repetition set the base for the rest of the career. From…
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Ranuccio Neri
Siena, Italy
## Career Ranuccio Neri is the winemaker of Campriano - Ranuccio Neri in Siena. His work is tied to Campriano in Siena, where he is also the owner. ## The Climb Ranuccio Neri…
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Raoul Cruchon
Echichens, Switzerland
## The Path Training at Ecole supérieure d'œnologie in Changins gave Raoul Cruchon the cellar discipline that winemaking demands: patience, measured work, and attention to how a…
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Raphaël Chopin
Lantignie, France
Raphaël Chopin is the winemaker at Domaine Raphaël Chopin in Lantignié, Beaujolais. He speaks about wine in images of movement and contrast: “There is a different method for each…
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Raphaël Coche-Dury
Meursault, France
Raphaël Coche-Dury operates Domaine Jean-François Coche-Dury in Meursault, France, where the work is defined by stewardship as much as execution. The role sits at the point where…
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Raphael Francois
Los Angeles, California, United States
His work now connects that London recognition with chef-and-owner roles in Los Angeles, where his cooking is tied to charcuterie, in-house bread, and wine. ## In Their Words **“We…
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Raphael Jordy
Aix-en-Provence, France
# Raphael Jordy That connection gives its scale. It is not a broad résumé; it is a kitchen, a house, and a regional form of service with known demands. ## The Essentials A…
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Raphaël Vergère
Vetroz, Switzerland
Raphaël Vergère’s work at Cave Chantevigne in Vétroz, Switzerland is built on vineyard and cellar routines that reward patience, exact timing, and a steady hand. As winemaker and…
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Rasmus Kristensen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Rasmus Kristensen’s path to Executive Chef at Bageriet Benji in Copenhagen, a role he has held since 2021, runs through Noma, where he formerly served as head of bread and cakes.…
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Raül Bobet
Talarn, Spain
Raül Bobet’s formation begins not with a classroom named in public, but with a family cellar and the physical memory of grapes underfoot. “It was rather by chance, because my…
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Raúl Pérez
Valtuille De Abajo Leon, Spain
Raúl Pérez is winemaker at Castro Ventosa in Valtuille de Abajo, León, Spain. The defining line behind the work is familial as much as technical: "I come from a family of…
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Raul Sillero
Girona, Spain
Head chef Raul Sillero leads Esperit Roca in Girona, Spain, where the brief in the kitchen is defined by reinterpretation rather than repetition. The work is to carry signature…
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Raveesh Kapoor
New York City, New York, United States
Executive Chef at Indian Accent in New York City, United States, Raveesh Kapoor leads a kitchen built around Modern Indian cuisine. The title is a working brief: daily control of…
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Ray Garcia
Los Angeles, California, United States
Ray Garcia’s path runs from the California School of Culinary Arts to a pair of 2015 Los Angeles chef posts, then on to Culver City, where he works as chef and owner of Broken…
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Ray Lee
San Francisco, California, United States
## Coming Up Restaurant photography put the dining room under study before the sushi counter became the workplace. Early in their career, Ray Lee worked as a restaurant…
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Raymond Fulchiron
Lyon, France
Its table is built on offal preparations, pork-forward plates and quenelles: a Lyonnais register that depends on clarity, appetite and direct handling rather than disguise. In…
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Raymond Paccot
Fechy, Switzerland
## The Climb Until 1978, teaching was the work that shaped Raymond Paccot’s discipline: observation, repetition, and the slow building of understanding. When he moved to the…
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Rebecca Merhej
Los Angeles, California, United States
Chef de Cuisine and Pastry Chef at Love & Salt in Manhattan Beach, United States, is the title that defines Rebecca Merhej’s work. In one role, she holds the savory kitchen and…
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Winemaker
Reenen Borman
Stellenbosch, South Africa
## Today Since 2012, Reenen Borman has worked as winemaker at Boschkloof Wines in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The brief is Syrah, handled with a minimal-intervention,…
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Regi Mathew
Chennai, India
## Coming Up The discipline in Regi Mathew’s cooking is rooted in formal training and hotel service. He began in 1993 as a trainee at Taj West End in Bengaluru, and that early…
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Winemaker
Regis Forey
Vosne-Romanée, France
Regis Forey is the proprietor and winemaker at Domaine Forey Père & Fils in Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy, France. In Burgundy, where a domaine’s identity is built from repetition,…
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Reiner Abel
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Reiner Abel Owner — Ferdinand Abel (Oestrich-Winkel) | Responsible for the entire estate — Ferdinand Abel (Oestrich-Winkel) (1986–2000) ## The Path Training at Riesling Bastion…
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Reinhard Muster
Gamlitz, Austria
Reinhard Muster works at the point where cellar precision and estate stewardship meet at Domaine 1196 / Muster.Gamlitz, Austria. The role asks for technical control and clear…
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Reinhold Wrobel
El Molle, Chile
Chilean Fusion cuisine at CasaMolle is framed by the Elqui Valley desert setting and a farm-to-table fine-dining register. In Reinhold Wrobel’s kitchen, the work is built around…
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Remco Kuijpers
Gouda, Netherlands
## Coming Up The Dutch brigade system shaped Remco Kuijpers early: apprenticeship at De Swaen in Oisterwijk, then chef roles at Da Vinci and Vermeer. Each move added a different…
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Rémi Courcenet
Boise, Idaho, United States
Rémi Courcenet’s story reads with the quiet confidence of a cook who has let the work, rather than the résumé, do the talking. It begins in Burgundy, passes through UET Lyon, and…
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Rémi Jobard
Meursault, France
## The Path The cellar at Domaine Rémi Jobard in Meursault, France, trained Rémi Jobard from the inside out. Working alongside his father Charles from 1991, he entered the…
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Remo Meyer
Salquenen Salgesch, Switzerland
Since 2022, Remo Meyer has held a role that sits neatly at the crossroads of stewardship and craft: Head of Culture and Cellar / Operations Manager at Cave Biber SA in Salquenen…
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Rémy Gresser
Andlau, France
Rémy Gresser owns Domaine GRESSER in Andlau, Alsace, where the work is rooted in Alsace wines and in farming shaped by organic and biodynamic agriculture. The estate sits within a…
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Rémy Soulié
Assignan, France
Rémy Soulié works the wines at Chapelle Saint Pierre in Assignan, where the brief is clear: fruit-driven, modern wines shaped by freshness, a cooler microclimate, and handwork at…
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James Beard Award winner
Renae Connolly
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
## Coming Up Pastry training for Renae Connolly started at California Culinary Academy of San Francisco, then moved through a sequence of production and leadership roles that…
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Winemaker
Renato Corino
La Morra, Italy
In La Morra, Italy, the work is anchored in Barolo: not as a broad claim, but as a place-name that sits on the estate and on the label. Since 2005, Renato Corino has made wines…
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Renato Viola
Miami, Florida, United States
Before Renato Viola founded and became head chef of Mister O1 Extraordinary Pizza in Miami, the work was already defined by apprenticeship. At 11, he began learning from Italy’s…
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Renaud Augier
Tokyo, Japan
"In fact, I wasn't a fan of school and, above all, my grandfather was a taxi driver and my grandmother had a roadside restaurant. That's how, day after day, I learned to love…
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Renaud Marcille
Paris, France
## Signature Renaud Marcille’s signature dishes include boudin Basque and morue au chorizo. ## The Recognition The measure of the role is not a medal or a credential, but the…
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Renaud Ramamourty
Paris, France
## Training and Lineage Paris fine-dining technique is built through repetition under pressure: station discipline, clean timing, restrained seasoning, and plates that leave the…
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James Beard Award winner
Rene Andrade
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
The point of the restaurant is not nostalgia alone, but proof of method—how regional cooking can be presented with clarity, discipline, and force. When Andrade says, “I want to…
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Rene Mata
Santa Monica, California, United States
## Career At Chinois on Main in Santa Monica, the kitchen is shaped by continuity: Rene Mata now serves as Executive Chef at the same restaurant where he worked as a line cook in…
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Rene Ortiz
Austin, Texas, United States
Rene Ortiz, chef of Launderette in Austin, can be read through an Austin formation that runs from the executive chef post at La Condesa into a kitchen built around vibrant, global…
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Winemaker
René-Henry Guéry
Azille, France
Since 1998, the cellar at Château Guéry in Azille, France has been shaped by René-Henry Guéry’s work on Minervois wines and estate cuvées, with the estate run alongside Florence…
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Renee Erickson
Seattle, Washington, United States
Renee Erickson is owner and chef of The Walrus and the Carpenter in Seattle, where seafood is the defining note. Her own line is plain: "At the end of the day I really just want…
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Renzo Orbegoso
Las Presillas, Spain
Chef — Trastámara is the defining title for Renzo Orbegoso, the Peruvian cook leading the kitchen in Las Presillas, Spain. His cooking offers local gastronomy with his own seal,…
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Owner
Renzo Rosso
Marostica, Italy
From Diesel Farm in Marostica, Italy, Renzo Rosso’s wine work moves through a tightly held estate, a product that refuses inherited categories, and a growing position inside Masi…
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Winemaker
Reto Müller
Leytron, Switzerland
## The Essentials Biodynamic winemaking has framed Reto Mueller’s work at Artisan Vigneron in Leytron, Switzerland since 2007. The method asks for precision without forcing…
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Ricardo Diogo Freitas
Câmara de Lobos, Portugal
Ricardo Diogo Freitas is the winemaker of Barbeito in Câmara de Lobos, Portugal. He also serves as managing director of Vinhos Barbeito, the company he headed in 1991 after…
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Ricardo Esteban
Roa, Spain
Ricardo Esteban is lead winemaker at Bodegas y Viñedos Valderiz in Roa de Duero, Spain. His work is tied to Ribera del Duero and to a family turning point he dates plainly: "The…
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Ricardo Peñalba
Madrid, Spain
Ricardo Peñalba directs Finca Torremilanos / Bodegas Peñalba López in Aranda de Duero. His career also includes roles as technical director at Bodegas Peñalba López and head…
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Ricardo Pérez Albéniz
Aranda de Duero, Spain
## The Path At Finca Torremilanos, the work of winemaking and farming sits in the same hand. Ricardo Pérez Albéniz’s role places the estate’s rhythm in direct contact with the…
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Ricardo Pérez Palacios
Villafranca Del Bierzo, Spain
Ricardo Pérez Palacios’s work at Bodega Descendientes de J. Palacios is shaped by family structure and by the continuity that comes with a shared cellar. In Villafranca del…
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Ricardo Romero
Madrid, Spain
Ricardo Romero’s work in Madrid is defined by concentration: one kitchen, one address, and one dish that carries most of the public read on his cooking. At Restaurante Colósimo,…
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Ricardo Zarate
Los Angeles, California, United States
The arc of his cooking reads like a family tree: Peruvian memory at the root, Japanese influence branching through Nikkei flavors, and California giving the work a present-tense…
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Winemaker
Riccardo Bassoli
Carpi, Italy
Riccardo Bassoli works in Lambrusco through a defined set of expressions at Cantina Bassoli in Carpi, Italy: Royal Lambrusco di Modena DOC, “Ciacaron” Lambrusco Grasparossa di…
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Riccardo Buitoni
Feltre, Italy
Riccardo Buitoni is chef at Aurora, where his cooking moves with the easy assurance of someone who has never needed to look far for direction: the flavors of Regional Italian…
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Riccardo Losi
Castelnuovo Berardenga, Italy
Riccardo Losi is a fifth-generation winemaker and co-owner of the Losi family estate in Chianti Classico. He leads the winery with his sister Valeria and their father Pietro,…
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Riccardo Rotatori
Senigallia, Italy
On the Adriatic Coast at Senigallia, the work begins with fish that changes day by day: fresh, local, and close enough to set the rhythm of the kitchen. At Trattoria Vino e Cibo…
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Richard Castillo
Mexico City, Mexico
Richard Castillo is the chef of Fonda Margarita in Mexico City, and his arc moves through the restaurant’s own inheritance: recipes associated with Margarita Lugo de Castillo,…
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Winemaker
Richard Jaume
Vinsobres, France
Richard Jaume works as vigneron at Domaine Jaume in Vinsobres, France, where the name on the label and the name on the door are the same. That overlap is not decoration; it places…
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Richard Maby
Tavel, France
Richard Maby has held Domaine Maby in Tavel, France since 2005, and that date is the key marker of his work: a continuous stewardship of one estate rather than a career built on…
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Richard McIntyre
Vic Moorooduc, Australia
Richard Mclntyre’s winemaking at Barmah Park Wines in Moorooduc, Victoria, Australia is shaped by inquiry before habit. His own description is plain: rather than defaulting to…
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Richard Pfister
Vevey, Switzerland
## Coming Up Richard Pfister trained at Changins School of Oenology and Viticulture, a formation that reads less like a credential than the beginning of a language he would go on…
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Richard Picard-Edwards
Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands
Richard Picard-Edwards has served as Executive Head Chef at Ballyfin in County Laois, Ireland, since 2023. In 2014, he was awarded 3 AA rosettes. He has put his ambition plainly:…
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Winemaker
Richard Riand
Vetroz, Switzerland
Richard Riand works at the center of Domaine Jean-René Germanier in Vétroz, Valais, Switzerland, as Head Oenologist. The role is technical and exacting: decisions made at this…
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Richard Sanz
Rueda, Spain
## Career At Bodegas Menade in Rueda, Richard Sanz works from a plain set of priorities: place first, patience second, and decoration last. The cellar language here is one of…
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Richard Walzer
Gneixendorf Bei Krems, Austria
Since 2003, Richard Walzer has been the winemaker at Weingut Richard Walzer in Krems an der Donau, and the continuity of that post gives his profile its clearest shape: a single…
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Richard Way
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The role is the defining line in a concise kitchen résumé, but in Richard Way’s case it also reads like a point of arrival: chef at Bar BAUT in Amsterdam, Netherlands, where the…
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Richie Allen
Napa, California, United States
Richie Allen has directed viticulture and winemaking at Rombauer Vineyards in Napa Valley since 2004. He is associated with Melbourne, Australia, and came to wine through study…
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Rick Gencarelli
Portland, Oregon, United States
Rick Gencarelli’s restaurants work in a direct register: appetite first, technique in service of volume, texture, speed, and satisfaction. The cooking favors weight and clarity…
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Ricky Moore
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Ricky Moore’s work at Saltbox Seafood Joint in Durham, North Carolina is built on North Carolina seafood, local freshness, and a plainspoken argument for restraint: simple food…
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Rico Zandonella
Zürich, Switzerland
## Career Since 2011, Rico’s Kunststuben has carried that approach in a room shaped by precise materials and aromatic detail. The same address, Rico’s Kunststuben in Küsnacht,…
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Rie Yasui
London, United Kingdom
General Manager at CYCLE at Mauro Colagreco in Tokyo, Rie Yasui has moved through service, direction and cooking: from work as maître at Sant Pau and executive director of Saint…
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Riikka Sukula
Serralunga d'Alba, Italy
## Early Years Born in Finland, Sukula brings that background into a career now rooted in one of Piedmont’s most closely watched wine areas. The span between those places matters:…
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Rikkū O’Donnchu
Cape Town, South Africa
Executive Chef at Rikū ’s Counter in Cape Town, Rikkū O’Donnchu is a South African chef whose profile is sharpened by a single, striking brief. There is no sprawl to the story, no…
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Riku Toda
Bangkok, Thailand
Before Riku Toda became Executive Chef of Sushi Ichizu in Bangkok, his story had already begun to take shape in a quieter way: through childhood attention, through the steady…
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Rita Higgins
Paris, France
Rita Higgins is Executive Chef of Kubri in Paris, France, a role that places her squarely in one of the world’s most exacting culinary capitals, where technique, discipline, and…
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Rob Sonderman
Washington DC, Washington DC, United States
“I think a lot of the same skills translate. I definitely miss a brisket every now and again, but I’m happy to not have to be managing cooking something for 14 to 16 hours.” In…
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Robbie Robinson
West Columbia, South Carolina, United States
In 2025, Robbie Robinson is owner and chef of City Limits Barbeque in West Columbia, South Carolina. He began cooking barbecue as a way to connect to home: "I bought my first pit…
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Robbie Wilson
New York City, New York, United States
Restaurant work at the ten-year mark becomes an operating decision: energy, room, staff, audience, and the weight of ideas not yet built. In the case of Robbie Wilson, chef-owner…
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Robert Alvarez
Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica
His cooking specialty is Latin American cooking, a broad, living tradition that gives Robert Alvarez room to move between brightness and depth, restraint and exuberance. In the…
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Robert Andreozzi
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Robert Andreozzi arrived at Pizza Marvin in Providence in 2023 with a résumé that already carried the clean lines of a kitchen career built on momentum, discipline, and a…
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Michelin-starred chef
Robert Fairs
Christchurch, New Zealand
## The Climb A kitchen apprenticeship built on repetition, timing and physical work is what sits behind Robert Fairs’s rise: dishwasher at Cassels Brewery restaurant in…
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Winemaker
Robert Payr
Hoflein, Austria
Robert Payr is the winemaker and cellar master at Bio-Weingut Robert Payr in Höflein. His career history is tied to the same house, with cellar work and winemaking named as the…
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Robert Princic
San Floriano Del Collio, Italy
Robert Princic has owned and made wine at Gradis'ciutta in Gorizia, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, since 1997. The work reads as a study in patience and place: technique is…
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Robert Song
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
## The Climb In the early part of Robert Song’s career, sushi work and restaurant management moved side by side. One side demanded knife work, timing, and control at the pass; the…
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Winemaker
Robert Taramarcaz
Sierre, Switzerland
He has done so since 2002. ## Coming Up Training at Jules Guyot University in Burgundy and Dijon gave Robert Taramarcaz the technical base for work rooted in wine tradition. In…
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Winemaker
Roberta Borghese
Manzano, Italy
In Manzano, Italy, Ronchi di Manzano works from the materials of the Colli Orientali: grapes shaped by vineyard position, marly ponca soils, and a cellar cut into rock. Roberta…
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Roberta De Sario
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
At Motorino Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Neapolitan pizza is the material Roberta De Sario works through: simple, direct, and shaped by the discipline of pizza-making. As Executive…
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Roberto Berioli
Magione, Italy
Since 2014, Roberto Berioli has been the owner of Berioli in Magione, where wine stands as the stated specialty and the work of the place is carried in that singular, focused…
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Roberto Calderon
Chicago, Illinois, United States
## Career At Leña Brava in Chicago, Roberto Calderon works in a kitchen where fire sets the terms of the food. Wood-fire is not used as garnish or effect; it is the method that…
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Roberto Cantori
Montefano, Italy
## Coming Up The public profile is the founder’s role at Fattoria Nannì in Arsicci, Apiro, Macerata, Marche, Italy. In Roberto Cantori’s case, the work is read through place: a…
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Roberto Ceraudo
Strongoli, Italy
“A vision and a desire that drives me since I was a child.” ## Coming Up Ownership of Ceraudo has been held by Roberto Ceraudo since 1973, and that continuity is the point. The…
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Roberto Cipresso
Baone, Italy
Consultant winemaker for Ca’ Orologio in Baone, Roberto Cipresso has built a life in wine that feels both rooted and far-reaching, a career that carries him from the landscapes of…
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Roberto Espinosa
Austin, Texas, United States
## The Climb At University of Texas, Roberto Espinosa trained in the fundamentals before making them his own. That background reads less like a preface than a framework: the work…
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Roberto Hernández
Madrid, Spain
Partner at Latasia Casa de Comidas in Madrid, Roberto Hernandez works from a formation that passes through Urkiola Mendi and the kitchen he shares with Sergio Hernández. The…
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Roberto Paciullo
New York City, New York, United States
Roberto Paciullo is the chef of Roberto’s in New York City, and the work there reads as continuity rather than reinvention. His time at the restaurant goes back to 1989, when he…
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