The People · Page 92
The artisans of taste.
Chef
Eddie Hernandez
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Executive chef of Taqueria del Sol in Atlanta, Eddie Hernandez also co-founded the restaurant in 2000. Born in Monterrey, Mexico, he learned to cook as a child from his…
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Eddy Dorsaz
Leytron, Switzerland
Leytron, Switzerland, gives Eddy Dorsaz his working ground: Cave de l'Etat du Valais - Domaine du Grand Brûlé, where grape must, red Syrah, Pinot Noir and Valais blending…
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Edgar Brutler
Satu Mare, Romania
Edgar Brutler is the winemaker of Brutler & Lieb in Beltiug, Satu Mare, Romania, working from a site where vineyard and cellar are treated as one continuous job. The name appears…
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Edgar Wallrapp
Theilheim, Germany
## The Path At Bio-Weingut Wallrapp, the owner and winemaker role puts Edgar Wallrapp on both sides of the work: the cellar schedule and the shaping of the estate’s style. It is a…
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Edi Kante
Duino Aurisina, Italy
Cellar authorship at Kante is documented here through bottlings that carry place and time in their titles. With Edi Kante identified as winemaker at Kante, the firm public markers…
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Edoardo Sobrino
Diano D Alba, Italy
# Edoardo Sobrino’s public profile is pared back to the working facts: producer, Piedmont, Italy. That kind of record says less about biography than about the shape of the role…
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Edoardo Tizzanini
Milan, Italy
Edoardo Tizzanini is one of the finalists of the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024/2025. ## The Path Edoardo Tizzanini began his career as an intern at Four Seasons…
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Édouard Laffitte
Lansac, France
Édouard Laffitte works the vineyard at Domaine Le Bout Du Monde in Lansac, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. The work is built on a practical route through cellar labor and cooperative…
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Eduardo 'Lalo' García
Mexico City, Mexico
## The Path Dishwashing and brigade work are part of the same training ground here: Eduardo ‘Lalo’ Garc started at Purple Cactus Cafe in Atlanta, Georgia, then moved into kitchen…
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Eduardo Gadda
Milan, Italy
"I want the COVA tradition to continue." For Eduardo Gadda, Executive Pastry Chef at Pasticceria Cova Montenapoleone in Milan, Italy, continuity is not a static idea; it is…
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Eduardo Hernáiz
Banos De Rioja, Spain
## The Climb The work at Finca La Emperatriz is built around one consistent aim: making estate wines that speak plainly from site. Eduardo Hern leads that production as co-owner…
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Eduardo Montesflores
Houston, Texas, United States
## The Climb Today, Eduardo Montesflores holds the Executive Chef post at B&B Butchers and Restaurant, where the work is as much about pacing the kitchen as it is about finishing…
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Eduardo Torres Acosta
Castiglione di Sicilia, Italy
Eduardo Torres Acosta works the cellar at Passopisciaro in Sicily, in a setting that calls for patience, comparison, and a close read of site. His method, by his own description,…
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Edwige Thuillé
Florensac, France
## Coming Up Cellar discipline and vineyard patience were set early at Beaune, where Edwige Thuill learned that balance is made in small decisions, not broad gestures. That…
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Edwin Weber
Lutzmannsburg, Austria
Edwin Weber is the winemaker of Arkadenweinhof Weber in Lutzmannsburg, a role and setting that together sketch a portrait of craft rooted in place. The biography itself is spare,…
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James Beard Award winner
Edwin Zoe
Boulder, Colorado, United States
The work sits inside a lifelong fixation Edwin Zoe has described plainly: "Ever since I was a child, it was truly always a favorite thing of mine, and it seems like I never grew…
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Efrén Hernández
Leeds, New York, United States
Efrén Hern has been chef of Mimi in New York City since 2019, a post that reads less like a break point than a settling-in: the steady center of a career built through service…
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Ei Hiroyoshi
Los Angeles, California, United States
Japanese sushi at Hamasaku in Los Angeles is built around control before display: rice temperature, knife work, fish quality, sequencing, and the pace of service. As executive…
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Eileen Stow
Macau, Macau
## Coming Up Eileen Stow’s early chapter in Macau was defined by bakery operations as much as by leadership. From 2006 onward, Lord Stow's Bakery depended on her as director and…
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Einar Holte
Oslo, Norway
Einar Holte’s public record is built around a single working position: chef at Fuglen in Oslo, Norway. That kind of entry tells you more about the craft than a longer résumé…
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Einat Admony
New York City, New York, United States
## Coming Up Formal training at culinary school in Israel gave the work a technical base; service as driver and cook at Israel Defense Forces in Israel added the discipline of…
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James Beard Award winner
Elaine Townsend
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Elaine Townsend first drew notice for pastry at Fat Rice in Chicago in 2018, where the case carried a tight range of built forms and flavors: a Ceylon Snickerdoodle, an ensaymada…
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Elena Adell
Logroño, Spain
## The Essentials Gravity-led transfer is the working method tied to Elena Adell’s Rioja practice, shaping how aroma and texture are carried through the winery. In Campo Viejo,…
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Owner and winemaker
Elena Fucci
Barile, Italy
In Barile, Basilicata, Aglianico del Vulture is handled as estate material: dark-skinned fruit grown on family land, read through Mount Vulture terroir, and bottled under TITOLO,…
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Elena Rojas
Los Angeles, California, United States
## The Ascent A neighborhood restaurant builds its identity by repetition: the same room, the same name, the same expectations met often enough to become local knowledge. In Boyle…
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Eléonore de Bethmann
Léognan, France
Eléonore de Bethmann is Présidente du Directoire at Château Olivier in Léognan, France, a role she has held since 2021. ## The Climb There is a particular kind of authority that…
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Eli Anderson
Vaitape, French Polynesia
Eli Anderson is chef of Otemanu in Vaitape, French Polynesia. The dossier is compact, but that brevity is part of the story: one current post, one culinary direction, and a clear…
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Eli Ben Zaken
Yad Hashmona, Israel
## The Path Eli Ben Zaken has been the founder and winemaker of Domaine du Castel since 1983, and that longevity is the point: one estate, one role, sustained over decades. The…
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Eli Kulp
New York City, New York, United States
As Culinary Director of High Street Hospitality Group in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Eli Kulp has built a career around forward motion: work that prizes discipline, pressure, and…
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Elia Pellegrini
Bolgheri, Italy
Elia Pellegrini holds Aia Vecchia in Bolgheri as owner and vintner, a position tied to recognized wines in Tuscany. Before wine, his discipline was built in professional soccer,…
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Eliana Marcionetti
Monte Carasso, Switzerland
Eliana Marcionetti is the commercial and marketing director of Cantina Settemaggio SA in Monte Carasso, Switzerland. Since 2016, she has been fully immersed in the family…
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Elio Altare
La Morra, Italy
## Coming Up In La Morra, Italy, wine work is the land’s daily rhythm, and Elio Altare’s early formation reflects that reality. Burgundy enters the record through Le Serbet, where…
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Elio Filippino
Neive, Italy
Elio Filippino’s work as winemaker and owner at Azienda vitivinicola Domenico Filippino in Neive is anchored in the vineyard first. In this kind of estate work, the cellar follows…
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Eliot Martin
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
The title carries the achievement plainly: he built the role around his own label, joining cellar work to the agricultural questions that shaped his route into wine. In Eliot…
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Elisabeth Egrot
Aÿ, France
Winemaking at CHAMPAGNE EGROT et Filles is framed by continuity of site and house: one family winery in Ay, France, working through Champagne’s demands for timing, restraint, and…
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Elisabeth Rücker
Unterretzbach, Austria
Elisabeth Rücker is the winemaker of Bioweingut Elisabeth Rücker in Unterretzbach, Austria. Her work is framed in personal terms: “Making wine is something very personal for…
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Elisabetta Abrami
Provaglio D Iseo, Italy
## The Path Elisabetta Abrami’s winery is built around a personal signature: founder and owner, she shapes the house through continuity rather than scale. The work is organized…
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Elisabetta Geppetti
Grosseto, Italy
Owner and long-standing leader of Fattoria Le Pupille, Elisabetta Geppetti has given the estate continuity that is increasingly uncommon in the modern wine world. Since 1985, when…
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Chef
Elise Curtis
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Traverse City cooking gives Elise Curtis a working register built on hand skills: dough under pressure, curd watched as it gathers and sets, pasta moved through the stages between…
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James Beard Award winner
Elise Mensing
St Louis, Missouri, United States
Elise Mensing has built her reputation at Brasserie by Niche in St. Louis through pastry that moves cleanly between classical French desserts and fresh interpretations. The work…
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Elizabeth Haigh
London, United Kingdom
Chef-owner work in London can carry two kinds of pressure at once: the discipline of professional kitchens and the obligation to make heritage legible without softening it. At Mei…
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Elizabeth Kenyon
Seattle, Washington, United States
Elizabeth Kenyon’s work in Seattle is built on a practical line that starts in Missoula, Montana, passes through New England Culinary Institute, and settles into kitchens centered…
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Elizabeth Pruitt
San Francisco, California, United States
Elizabeth Pruitt works at Tartine Manufactory in San Francisco in a kitchen defined by bread and fermentation, where timing, heat, and texture carry as much weight as any finished…
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Winemaker
Előd Szijjártó
Etyek, Hungary
Winemaker at Elõd Szijjártó in Etyek, he works in a role that binds craft to place, making wine the quiet center of each day and Etyek the living backdrop for that work. The name…
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Elodie Chapuy
Oger, France
Elodie Chapuy’s work at Champagne Chapuy in Oger is built around Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs, the house style that defines the shape of her winemaking: bright, precise, and anchored…
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Elunda Basson
Stellenbosch, South Africa
## The Climb Cellar work at Steenberg Vineyards in Cape Town gave Elunda Basson the kind of grounding that only repeated, hands-on discipline can supply. In the role of Cellar…
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Emanuele Coscia
Montemarano, Italy
## Coming Up Owner and winemaker at Cantine Delite in Montemarano, Italy, Emanuele Coscia works from a single point of control: his own cellar. That matters in trade terms. It…
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Emanuele Gambino
Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy
## The Path Since 2016, Emanuele Gambino has worked as farmer and grape vinifier at Emanuele Gambino farm, a role that keeps the work close to the vine and the cellar. The craft…
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Emanuele Rolfo
Montà, Italy
Emanuele Rolfo is the winemaker and owner of Ca' di Cairè in Montà, Italy, but his formation began before any title, in a cellar where family work looked, to a child, like play.…
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Emanuele Vergari
Castellina Marittima, Italy
## The Climb Agricultural training puts the raw material before the finished product. At Istituto Tecnico Agrario Grosseto - CCIAA, Emanuele Vergari’s formation was tied to land,…
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Emil Glaser
Copenhagen, Denmark
Emil Glaser’s work at Juno the Bakery in Copenhagen is built on a clean handover from high kitchen pastry to the slower discipline of bread and daily bake. Before Østerbro became…
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Emiliano Savio
Amarante, Portugal
In Savio’s hands, the food stays legible: familiar flavors remain themselves, but they are adjusted by what is freshest and most immediate around Canto Redondo. The result is a…
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Winemaker
Emilienne Hutin Zumbach
Dardagny, Switzerland
## The Climb A vigneronne and estate manager at Domaine Les Hutins in Dardagny, Switzerland, Emilienne Hutin Zumbach has worked since 2008 in the practical register of Geneva…
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Emilio Marsaglia
Castellinaldo D Alba, Italy
High-quality wines at Cantina Marsaglia in Castellinaldo d'Alba are Emilio Marsaglia's defining work, made with Marina Marsaglia and helped by their children, Enrico and Monica.…
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Emilio Vada
Coazzolo, Italy
His work centers on Moscato d'Asti, Dolcetto d'Alba, Langhe Nebbiolo, and Barbera d'Asti, a quartet that defines Emilio Vada’s cellar practice: seasonal, exacting, and shaped by…
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Emily Yuen
New York City, New York, United States
Emily Yuen’s work sits in the register of disciplined New York kitchen leadership, with Vancouver training and Brooklyn service in the same line. As Executive Chef at Lingo in…
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Emma Villajos
Navarrete, Spain
## Coming Up At Bodegas Valdelacierva in Navarrete, Emma Villajos works with a method that favors measured change over rupture. The cellar approach is deliberate: refinement over…
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Emmanuel Boidron
Saint-Émilion, France
## Coming Up At CHÂTEAU CORBIN MICHOTTE, proprietorship places Emmanuel Boidron inside both the daily work and the longer stewardship of the estate. In Saint-Émilion, where…
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Emmanuel Darnaud
La Roche Du Glun, France
Emmanuel Darnaud makes fine wines that stay generous without slipping into excess: ripe, fruity and fleshy, held together by a light touch in both vineyard and cellar. The work…
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Emmanuel Floutier
Savignargues, France
Emmanuel Floutier has spent his professional life cultivating a rare kind of consistency. After a winemaking experience in Australia, he arrived at Domaine Grand Chemin in…
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Emmanuel Ivars
Gumiel De Izan, Spain
Emmanuel Ivars is Technical director at Ferratus in Gumiel de Izán, Burgos, Spain. ## Today Emmanuel Ivars trained at Loire Valley and Burgundy. Emmanuel went on to work as…
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Emmanuel Martin
Aquitaine, France
## The Climb Since 2018, Emmanuel Martin has worked as winemaker and owner at Château La Gorce in Blaignan-Prignac, Aquitaine, France. At Château La Gorce, the work reads as…
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Emmanuel Ogereau
Saint Lambert Du Lattay, France
Emmanuel Ogereau’s work sits in the line between formal training and family estate practice. After studying agricultural engineering and oenology at ESA, he joined Domaine Ogereau…
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Emmanuel Poulet
Vercheny, France
Emmanuel Poulet’s work sits at the intersection of medicine and winegrowing, two disciplines that both reward observation, restraint, and repeatable process. In Vercheny, the…
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Emmanuel Riffaud
Buin, Chile
## Coming Up At Baron Philippe de Rothschild’s Chile operation in Buin, Emmanuel Riffaud has held the dual brief of General Manager and Chief Winemaker since 2015. The work is…
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Emmanuel Venturi
Morosaglia, France
Emmanuel Venturi has been shaping the expression of Domaine Vico / Clos Venturi in Morosaglia, Corsica, as vigneron since 2019, a role that places him at the meeting point of…
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Emmanuele Lovisotto
Prepotto, Italy
## The Path The title here is less a flourish than a working description: continuity, stewardship, and the repeated attention that keeps a wine aligned with its place. The path is…
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Enrico Agostinis
Gorizia, Italy
Enrico Agostinis is the owner of Amandum in Moraro, Italy, and his public career is built around that single address. The work reads as stewardship: one estate, one town, one name…
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Enrico Di Giulio
Campomarino, Italy
Enrico Di Giulio handles oenological management at Borgo di Colloredo in Campomarino, Italy, where the work sits between cellar discipline and family ownership. Borgo di Colloredo…
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Enrico Marcato
Ronca, Italy
Enrico Marcato is the winemaker at Family of Wine in Roncà, Italy. He works on Pure Cabernet Franc in Northern Veneto, and he has described the project as "Enrico Marcato…
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Enrico Moschetta
Conegliano, Italy
Enrico Moschetta is the winemaker at BiancaVigna in Conegliano. His own formulation is exacting and personal: “We have always thought about our work in a unique and accurate way.…
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Enrico Orlando
Castiglione Tinella, Italy
## Coming Up Training at the University of Turin gave Enrico Orlando a technical base built on precision, patience, and respect for terroir. Those habits still frame the work at…
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Enrico Trapletti
Coldrerio, Switzerland
Enrico Trapletti works a cellar built on range rather than repetition. “I produce many wines, about 16 to 18 labels,” he says, and that scale points to a producer managing…
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Enrique Andrades
Peñafiel, Spain
Since 2007, technical direction at Bodegas Resalte in Peñafiel, Spain has been Enrique Andrades’s defining post. The job frames the work: site decisions, cellar execution, and the…
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Enrique Nunez
Havana, Cuba
Enrique Núñez’s work at La Guarida in Havana, Cuba, sits in a line of hospitality shaped less by formal culinary schooling than by site, use, and adaptation. The restaurant grew…
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Enrique Tirado
Santiago, Chile
CEO and Technical Director of Viña Don Melchor in Puente Alto, Chile, Enrique Tirado has worked more than 25 years in close conversation with the Don Melchor Vineyard. The…
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Enrique Valentí
Madrid, Spain
The formation of Enrique Valentí begins in Madrid, where he was born, and gathers force through a route that moves between Madrid and Barcelona before returning to the city as…
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Enzo Algarme
Arlington, Virginia, United States
Enzo Algarme is Executive Chef at Pupatella Neopolitan Pizza in Arlington, where his specialty is Authentic Neapolitan pizza. He founded Pupatella in Arlington. ## Coming Up Enzo…
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Enzo Boglietti
La Morra, Italy
Winemaker Enzo Boglietti works in La Morra, Piedmont, Italy, where the rhythm of the hills and the discipline of the vineyard have long shaped his life and craft. He is also…
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Enzo Brezza
Barolo, Italy
Enzo Brezza works the Barolo side of Brezza dal 1885 through named bottlings that anchor the estate’s identity in appellation and site. The labels here are specific: Barolo…
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Enzo Florio
Polignano, Italy
Executive Chef at Da Tuccino in Polignano a Mare, Italy, Enzo Florio leads a kitchen whose identity is as sharply defined as the Adriatic light on the coast outside. His work is…
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Enzo Pontoni
Buttrio, Italy
Enzo Pontoni is the winemaker at Azienda Agricola Miani in Buttrio, Italy. That title is carried by a focused group of wines tied to his name, including Baracca Chardonnay,…
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Eraldo Viberti
La Morra, Italy
Eraldo Viberti is the wine producer behind Azienda Agricola Eraldo Viberti in La Morra, where the work sits inside a family wine history that began in the early 20th century. In…
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Erhard Brunner
Rechnitz, Austria
Erhard Brunner’s work is defined by a single cellar title at a single estate: Kellermeister at Arkadenhof Mandl-Brunner in Rechnitz. The role is rooted in cellar craft and tied to…
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Erhard Stacher
Bad Pirawarth, Austria
Erhard Stacher’s career has the kind of quiet continuity that can only come from a life closely joined to a single landscape. In Bad Pirawarth, Austria, he works as a winegrower…
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Eric Banh
Seattle, Washington, United States
Saigon sits at the beginning of Eric Banh’s cooking: a place-name tied here to Vietnamese cuisine in Seattle, to street-food forms, to the clean force of one excellent ingredient.…
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Eric Bantegnies
Cubnezais, France
Eric Bantegnies works at Château Bertinerie in Cubnezais, France, where winemaking is a practice of precision and patience shaped by a career tied to Château Haut Bertinerie. The…
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Eric Bolyard
London, United Kingdom
## The Path Boston University is the starting point, but the useful education in Eric Bolyard’s case came from kitchens that demanded clean timing, discipline, and a steady hand.…
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Eric Bordelet
Charchigne, France
Cidermaker at Domaine Eric Bordelet in Normandy, Eric Bordelet moved from the dining room to the orchard. He trained at École hôtelière de Granville, then worked as sommelier at…
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Eric Bromberg
New York City, New York, United States
Eric Bromberg runs Blue Ribbon Restaurants from the operator’s side of the pass: chef/CEO, co-founder, and builder of a New York City group that has stayed close to neighborhood…
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Éric Collinet
Bragelogne Beauvoir, France
Winegrower and Champagne producer Éric Collinet works with a patience that feels almost architectural: measured, attentive, and deeply in step with the living material of the…
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Eric Desbordes
Toiny, St Barts
Executive Chef at Restaurant Le Toiny in Saint-Barts, Eric Desbordes runs a kitchen where restraint does the heavy lifting. The work there is Contemporary French-Caribbean: French…
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Éric Forest
Vergisson, France
Éric Forest makes wine at Domaine Eric Forest in Vergisson, Burgundy, France, working within the quiet discipline of the Mâconnais and keeping the scale modest. The domaine is…
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Eric Hammond
Chicago, Illinois, United States
## The Essentials - **Role:** Executive Chef. - **Restaurant:** Coco Pazzo, Chicago. - **Career history:** His path includes the same restaurant, where his current title defines…
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Éric Janin
Romanèche-Thorins, France
Working beside his father until 2008 set the terms of the craft early, with time, observation, and harvest timing doing the heavy lifting. In 2017, the picture widened again as a…
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Eric Johnson
Snoqualmie, Washington, United States
Vietnamese cuisine is Eric Johnson’s specialty. His own account sets that cooking beside a long French-restaurant background: “I have strictly worked in French restaurants for…
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Eric Kim
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
## Career Arc Sushi omakase puts the craft under close inspection: cut, temperature, seasoning, pacing, and service all register in real time. In Las Vegas, Eric Kim’s work is…
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Eric Monneret
Libourne Pomerol, France
## Coming Up Since 2007, technical direction at Château La Pointe has sat with Eric Monneret, after the property was purchased by Generali France. The role combines estate…
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Eric Nelson
New York City, New York, United States
Eric Nelson’s public record is defined by a single venue credit: Decoy, a former post that now sits in the past tense. In a field that often measures a chef by the length of the…
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Eric Oto
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
## The Path At Leeward Community College’s culinary program, Eric Oto built the base of his practice on fundamentals that still hold a kitchen together: discipline, repetition,…
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