The People · Page 99
The artisans of taste.
Chef
Jean-Christian Dumonet
Paris, France
## The Climb A chef/owner role changes the work at every point of service, and at Joséphine "Chez Dumonet" that responsibility sits with Jean-Christian Dumonet. The name on the…
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Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex
Lyon, France
At the edge of tradition and creation, Jean-Christophe Ansanay-Alex has built a career shaped by exacting kitchens and a long tenure in a house where memory and reinvention meet…
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Winemaker
Jean-Christophe Gely
Entrechaux, France
Owner of Domaine de Champ-Long in Entrechaux, Jean-Christophe Gely is tied to the estate’s pace and identity through work that keeps vineyard, cellar, and finished wine in the…
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Winemaker
Jean-Christophe Mau
Léognan, France
Jean-Christophe Mau’s work in Bordeaux is defined by stewardship across two estates, with ownership and management carrying equal weight in the day-to-day reality of the job. At…
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Winemaker
Jean-Claude Berrouet; Jean-François Berrouet
Saint-Émilion, France
The cellar work associated with Jean-Claude Berrouet is defined by technical direction, consultation, and proportion in wine rather than display. Across decades, the working…
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Winemaker
Jean-Claude Lapalu
Saint Etienne La Varenne, France
## Career Since 1996, Jean-Claude Lapalu has worked as winemaker at Domaine Jean-Claude Lapalu in Saint-Etienne-la-Varenne, France, a role that sits inside a longer family line…
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Winemaker
Jean-Claude Mas
Montagnac, France
Jean-Claude Mas is the Founder and Executive Manager of Les Domaines Paul Mas in Montagnac, France. The work begins in the Languedoc, where Pézenas, vineyards, and the consumer’s…
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Chef
Jean-Claude Tellechea
Bayonne, France
## The Climb At Auberge du Cheval Blanc until 2025, Jean-Claude Tellechea worked as chef in a service model built on repetition, control, and consistency. The tenure reads as…
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Winemaker
Jean-Daniel Coeytaux
Yens, Switzerland
Jean-Daniel Coeytaux works as the winemaker of Cave Jean-Daniel Coeytaux in Yens, Switzerland, a setup where the name on the cellar and the name on the work align without…
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Winemaker
Jean-Daniel Giauque
La Neuveville, Switzerland
Jean-Daniel Giauque’s world is one of quiet attentiveness, where the work of wine and the work of listening seem to belong to the same discipline. At Domaine du Signolet in La…
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Winemaker
Jean-Daniel Monachon
Vinzel, Switzerland
## Coming Up Chasselas and Merlot frame the work at Château de Vinzel, where Jean-Daniel Monachon’s practice is built on restraint, timing, and close reading of place. As…
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Winemaker
Jean-Denis Perrochet
Auvernier, Switzerland
## Coming Up Early in his career, Jean-Denis Perrochet worked as winemaker at Domaine de La Maison Carrée in Auvernier, Canton de Neuchâtel, Switzerland. “I don't want to be…
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Winemaker
Jean-Emmanuel Bonnaire
Cramant, France
At Champagne Bonnaire in Cramant, Chardonnay and time do the structural work. Jean-Emmanuel Bonnaire works within a style marked by malolactic fermentation, a buttery register,…
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Winemaker
Jean-Emmanuel Bonnaire; Jean-Etienne Bonnaire
Cramant, France
## Coming Up At Champagne Bonnaire, owner and winemaker Jean-Emmanuel Bonnaire sits inside a family line long tied to the making of Champagne. The work is marked by precision and…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Bordet
Maligny, France
## The Path The work at Domaine Seguinot Bordet in Maligny, France is built on place and repetition: the routine of Chablis, the discipline of a producer shaping wines with a…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Clouet
Bouzy, France
## Coming Up The work at Champagne Andre Clouet sits on assembly: blending, balance, and the reading of vineyards as distinct components rather than a single undivided source. In…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Crausaz
Morges, Switzerland
Jean-François Crausaz’s work is shaped by the cellar: close to process, attentive to detail, and built through repetition rather than display. He directs Maison Bolle today, after…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Deu
Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
Jean-François Deu is tied to Domaine du Traginer in Banyuls-sur-Mer by the work itself: the estate is the frame, and the craft is what gives that frame meaning over time. Reads…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Ganevat
Rotalier, France
## The Climb Formal study at Oenology school in Beaune gave Jean-François Ganevat the technical base that underpins disciplined cellar work: tasting, blending, and the repeatable…
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Winemaker, Domaine Henri Germain
Jean-François Germain
Meursault, France
## The Climb Proprietorship and winemaking at Domaine Henri Germain et Fils remain tied to daily vineyard and cellar decisions rather than to family name alone. In Meursault,…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Nicq
Montesquieu Des Alberes, France
Jean-François Nicq has been vigneron at Domaine Les Foulards Rouges in Montesquieu-des-Albères, Pyrénées-Orientales, where a natural, low-intervention style took clear shape and…
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Winemaker
Jean-François Orosquette
Badens, France
## The Path Jean-François Orosquette’s career at Château La Grave in Badens began in 1985, and that continuity is central to the work. A long tenure in one estate asks for more…
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Winemaker
Jean-Frédéric Bistagne
Saint Laurent Des Arbres, France
## Coming Up A career in large-scale electronics, luxury, technology, and healthcare gave Jean-Frédéric Bistagne a working vocabulary for precision, timing, and systems before he…
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Winemaker
Jean-Guy Beyney
Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, France
## Coming Up Since 1986, Jean-Guy Beyney has managed Château Clos de Sarpe by carrying forward a family rule of winemaking: as natural as possible. That continuity links his work…
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Winemaker
Jean-Louis Lhumeau
Brigne, France
Jean-Louis Lhumeau’s work sits in operations, where the craft is less visible than the result but no less exacting. At Domaine des Hautes Ouches, his role is about coordination,…
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Winemaker
Jean-Louis Poudou
Laure Minervois, France
He led the estate in 1982, and the addition of organic production in 2010 marks a change that sits squarely within Jean-Louis Poudou’s methodical approach. The work, in his terms,…
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Relais & Châteaux Grand Chef
Jean-Luc Rocha
Pauillac, France
## The Path Training at Luxeuil-les-Bains set the base for a kitchen career built on repetition, control, and the ability to hold pace under pressure. From Bas Rupts and Chalet…
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Winemaker
Jean-Marc Burgaud
Villié-Morgon, France
Jean-Marc Burgaud has been the winemaker and owner of Jean-Marc Burgaud in Villié-Morgon, France since 1989, a tenure that gives its own quiet authority. This is not a story of…
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Winemaker
Jean-Marc Cachat
Ladoix Serrigny, France
## The Climb At Domaine Cachat-Ocquidant & Fils in Ladoix-Serrigny, France, the winemaking sits with Jean-Marc Cachat, and the house style is built around depth, structure, and a…
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Winemaker
Jean-Marc de Crozals
Rieux Minervois, France
## The Climb At Domaine des Homs in Rieux-Minervois, the work has been defined since 2000 by Jean-Marc de Crozals's return to the family estate after time in the Rhône Valley.…
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Winemaker
Jean-Marc Sélèque
Pierry, France
His formation starts with a B.T.S. in Bordeaux, then folds back into the inheritance that shaped the house. Jean-Marc Sélèque’s background carries Polish roots and a return home,…
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Winemaker
Jean-Martin Dutour
Chinon, France
Jean-Martin Dutour is president of BAUDRY & DUTOUR in Chinon, and his work is defined by the slow discipline of domain management: keeping vineyards, estates, and identities…
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Winemaker
Jean-Michel Cazes
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
## The Climb Ownership in Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a craft of stewardship, and Jean-Michel Cazes enters that work in 2005 through Domaine des Sénéchaux. The role sits at the point…
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Winemaker
Jean-Michel Conne
Chexbres, Switzerland
Jean-Michel Conne works at Cave de Champ de Clos in Chexbres, Switzerland, in a cellar culture built around discipline, control, and a deliberate pursuit of quality. The craft…
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Winemaker
Jean-Pascal Lacaze
Santiago de Chile, Chile
## The Climb Training at Montpelier gave Jean-Pascal Lacaze a base in cellar discipline and the patient demands of vineyard work. The work is technical, but it is also about…
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Winemaker
Jean-Paul Autard
Courthézon, France
Jean-Paul Autard’s work at Domaine Paul Autard in Courthézon, France, has been shaped by continuity rather than spectacle. Since 2005, he has managed the estate and worked as…
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Winemaker
Jean-Paul Brun
Charnay, France
## Coming Up Terroir is treated here as a working method rather than a brand claim: Jean-Paul Brun reads the ground, the slope, and the vine as part of the same system. His own…
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Winemaker
Jean-Paul Krier
Schengen, Luxembourg
## The Path At Domaine Viticole Krier-Bisenius in Bech-Kleinmacher, Luxembourg, the work is split across vineyard and cellar, and Jean-Paul Krier holds both ends of that chain as…
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Winemaker
Jean-Paul Labaille
Chavignol, France
Jean-Paul Labaille is proprietor of Domaine Thomas-Labaille in Chavignol, Sancerre, Loire, France. The work is rooted in the same village and appellation that shaped his earlier…
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Winemaker
Jean-Paul Zusslin
Orschwihr, France
Owner and winemaker at Domaine Valentin Zusslin in Orschwihr, Alsace, Jean-Paul Zusslin grew up among vines, with vineyard work setting the pace of daily life. Soil, season, and…
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Winemaker
Jean-Philippe Fichet
Meursault, France
Domaine Jean-Philippe Fichet is based in Meursault, France, where the name itself carries the quiet authority of place and long work in the vines. ## The Climb Jean-Philippe…
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Winemaker
Jean-Philippe Janoueix
Saint-Émilion, France
## Coming Up Since 2001, Château La Confession has been the center of Jean-Philippe Janoueix’s work, with the winemaker and owner role setting the terms of his career. That…
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Winemaker
Jean-Philippe Trousset
Les Mesneux, France
Jean-Philippe Trousset is the winemaker and owner of Champagne Jean-Philippe Trousset in Les Mesneux, France. His work sits firmly in Champagne, where the line between vineyard…
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Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Cournut
Chassagne-Montrachet, France
Jean-Pierre Cournut’s role at Château de la Maltroye is built on stewardship rather than a chain of prior titles. In Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay, Bourgogne, the proprietor’s…
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Chef
Jean-Pierre Hocquet
Paris, France
## Career Since 2004, Jean-Pierre Hocquet has been the chef of Le Train Bleu in Paris, responsible for holding the line on a dining room where the room itself carries as much…
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Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Kuntzer
Saint-Blaise, Switzerland
Jean-Pierre Kuntzer owns Domaine Saint-Sébaste in St-Blaise, Switzerland, the Neuchâtel estate whose Saint-Sebaste Chardonnay Fût de Chêne AOC Neuchâtel 2012 earned the Sélection…
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Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Latour
Meursault, France
## Coming Up At Domaine Latour-Giraud in Meursault, the work is shaped by continuity as much as by technique, with the cellar and the office tied to the same estate and the same…
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Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Pellegrin
Satigny, France
His work is built on non-interventionist viticulture, where the discipline is in doing less, not more. In the vineyards, Jean-Pierre Pellegrin uses natural products in the soils…
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Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Rietsch
Mittelbergheim, France
## The Climb Since 1987, the work at the family vineyard in Mittelbergheim has been the basis of Jean-Pierre Rietsch’s practice: vigneron and winemaker shaped by repetition,…
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Winemaker
Jean-Pierre Vazart
Chouilly, France
Jean-Pierre Vazart’s work is anchored in Champagne’s chalk and in Chouilly, the village that has framed his career from the start. At Champagne Vazart-Coquart, he serves as…
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Winemaker
Jean-Rémi Drémont
Charly Sur Marne, France
Jean-Rémi Drémont co-runs the family estate Champagne Drémont-Marroy with Mélanie Drémont in the far west of the Vallée de la Marne. The clearest public credential for the house…
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Winemaker
Jean-René de Fleurieu
Montfrin, France
From fashion and cinema to the vineyards and olive orchards of Montfrin, Jean-René de Fleurieu’s route bends back toward a single place: Château de Montfrin (Montfrin, France). In…
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Winemaker
Jean-Yves Béchet
Lansac, France
Jean-Yves Béchet is the proprietor and owner of Château Fougas in Lansac, France, where his work is closely tied to Fougas Ensemble and to a clear-eyed idea of what Bordeaux can…
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Winemaker
Jean-Yves Fahrer
Orschwiller, France
Jean-Yves Fahrer’s story is one of steadiness, restraint, and a deep confidence in the vineyard itself. Since 2009, he has been winemaker at Domaine Paul Fahrer in Orschwiller,…
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Chef
Jeff Cerciello
Los Angeles, California, United States
California ingredients give Jeff Cerciello his working language: farmers, ranchers, butchers, bakers, creameries, winemakers, designers, and artisanal producers all figure into…
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Chef
Jeff Drew
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States
In Jackson Hole, United States, the cooking associated with Jeff Drew at Snake River Grill is built less on novelty than on return: classic dishes, long-time customer favorites,…
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Chef
Jeff Halpern
Washington DC, Washington DC, United States
The forward’s craft before the Tampa assistant-coach role was built through school hockey, Princeton University, Washington, D.C, and a long professional ledger. Born May 3, 1976,…
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Chef
Jeff Olsson
Buellton, California, United States
Cofounder of Industrial Eats in Buellton, Jeff Olsson reads less like a chef formed by a single school than by the places he has built and the appetites he has met. His lineage…
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Jeff Smokevitch
Telluride, Colorado, United States
Jeff Smokevitch has spent his career in pizza kitchens, where repetition, timing, and heat do most of the teaching. As chef and co-owner of Blue Pan Pizza in Denver, United…
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Jeff Thomas
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
In Atlanta, Southern food at Mary Mac’s Tea Room is built on repetition, not display. For more than 15 years, Jeff Thomas has worked as head chef there, keeping fried chicken,…
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Founder and Pastry Chef, Maison Jeffrey Cagnes Paris
Jeffrey Cagnes
Paris, France
Paris, France, is the ground for Jeffrey Cagnes’s pastry: hazelnut and fleur de sel, mango and passion fruit, black sesame, basil folded into lemon, dark chocolate held against…
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Chef
Jeffrey Finkelstein
Montréal, Canada
Jeffrey Finkelstein has been chef-owner of Hof Kelsten in Montréal, Canada, since 2013. The work is defined by artisanal baking, and that line runs straight through his own…
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Jeffrey Graf
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Canadian chef Jeffrey Graf cooks with a quiet sense of theatre, building a menu that nods to the familiar while gently reworking the expected. At the restaurant, the style is…
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Winemaker
Jehan de Woillemont
Vinassan, France
## Career At Château de Marmorières in Vinassan, France, the work spans both cellar and estate: Jehan de Woillemont is the winemaker and oenologist, and also the owner of the…
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Winemaker
Jem Macy
Sovicille, Italy
Jem Macy’s career reads like a steady immersion in Tuscany’s wine world, beginning with a formative stretch at Castello Poggiarello in Sovicille, where he served as General…
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Winemaker
Jen Wall
Modesto, California, United States
Her wines are built for varietal accuracy, fruit-forward expression, and the table. The aim is clear signaling in the glass: recognizable grape character, immediate drinkability,…
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Chef
Jeni Britton Bauer
Columbus, Ohio, United States
From an art studio to the counter of a small Upper Arlington ice cream shop, Jeni Britton Bauer’s route to Columbus was never simply a career path; it was an apprenticeship in…
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Chef
Jennifer Blakeslee
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Co-owner of Cook’s House in Traverse City, Jennifer Blakeslee leads a focused New American kitchen centered on the region’s agricultural and Great Lakes pantry. The cooking is…
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Chef
Jennifer Hwa Dobbertin
San Antonio, Texas, United States
Chef and owner Jennifer Hwa Dobbertin built Best Quality Daughter in San Antonio from family restaurant work that ran through two generations before she tried to leave it behind.…
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Chef
Jennifer Puccio
San Francisco, California, United States
Before Jennifer Puccio became Executive Chef and Partner at Marlowe in San Francisco, her cooking took shape through the same kind of discipline that defines her work now: classic…
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Chef
Jenny Kwak
Los Angeles, California, United States
Jenny Kwak became a chef-restaurateur with Dok Suni, the East Village restaurant she opened in New York City in 1992 at age 19. Her path also includes Parsons University and Do…
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Chef
Jens Madsen
Munich, Germany
Munich gives Jens Madsen a cool, exacting frame. In a city where fine dining often rewards restraint as much as display, his cooking reads as carefully calibrated and deliberately…
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Beer King / Founder at Evil Twin Brewing
Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø
New York City, New York, United States
## The Climb Beer culture often takes shape before the brewhouse: in shops, classrooms, writing, and service, where selection and language teach drinkers how to pay attention.…
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Winemaker
Jérémie Burgdorfer
Satigny, Switzerland
Since 2018, Jérémie Burgdorfer has directed Domaine du Paradis in Satigny. He has handled marketing and communications at Domaine du Paradis since 2009. He also serves as CEO of…
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Winemaker
Jérémie Gravier
Saint-Émilion, France
The technical title at Château Chauvin covers work that joins vineyard reading, cellar judgement and final blend validation. In the stated direction shared with Sylvie Cazes, the…
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Chef
Jérémie Muller
Lecci de Porto-Vecchio, France
Jérémie Muller cooks at Le Domaine de Rymska in Saint-Jean-de-Trézy, France, where the estate itself sets the terms of the menu. The work is shaped by proximity: the surrounding…
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Chef
Jeremy Bearman
Lake Worth, Florida, United States
The arc of Jeremy Bearman’s career is compact on the page, but the work spans ownership, executive kitchens, and an Italian room in Lake Worth Beach shaped around discipline,…
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Chef
Jeremy Charles
St. Johns, Canada
Jeremy Charles received the City of St. John’s Legend Award in 2016, a recognition that lands with the grain of his work: a kitchen practice shaped by Newfoundland’s land, water…
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Chef
Jeremy Hube
Calgary, Canada
Jeremy Hube is the owner of Pizza Culture in Calgary, Canada, the restaurant ranked #81 in the world by 50 Top Pizza in 2025. The accolade follows a precise Neapolitan practice:…
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Chef
Jeremy Marrin
New York City, New York, United States
At Havana Central, the work is familiar Cuban cooking built for repeat service, paired with practical testing of restaurant technology. ## Coming Up Restaurant ownership is the…
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Chef
Jeremy Tooker
San Francisco, California, United States
A Portland native, he had already helped start Ritual Coffee Roasters in the Mission District in 2005; his path began far from coffee, as he recalled: "When I got into coffee, I…
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Chef
Jeremy Umansky
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Jeremy Umansky’s formation begins with land, preservation, and appetite turned toward experiment: before Cleveland, before the deli counter, his interest in culinary preservation…
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Winemaker
Jérôme Aguirre
Vignonet, France
Jérôme Aguirre is Director of Mouton Cadet Wines in Bordeaux, France, a current role reached after work in Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes, Pomerol, and Vignobles K. His path runs…
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Winemaker
Jérôme Bibey
Begadan, France
Jérôme Bibey’s work is defined by one estate and one operational responsibility: he is the principal manager of Château Labadie in Bégadan, France. That kind of role is less about…
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Winemaker
Jérôme Bourgeois-Diaz
Crouttes Sur Marne, France
Jérôme Bourgeois-Diaz is the winemaker of Champagne Bourgeois-Diaz in Crouttes-sur-Marne, France, a name that places him squarely within the disciplined, expressive world of…
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Winemaker
Jérôme Coursodon
Mauves, France
Jérôme Coursodon is the winemaker at Domaine Coursodon in Mauves, France, where the rhythms of the cellar and the contours of the vineyard are bound tightly to one another. His…
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Winemaker
Jérôme Mathieu
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, France
## The Climb Jérôme Mathieu’s path has been shaped by inheritance, patience, and the gradual reclaiming of a place that already held his family’s memory. The work was rooted in…
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Jesse Harris
Chicago, Illinois, United States
## Coming Up The path runs through kitchen discipline, then out into management, systems, and brand-level execution. Jesse Harris trained at California Culinary Academy from 1999…
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Chef
Jessica Koslow
Los Angeles, California, United States
## The Climb A jam company is a specific kind of starting point: product-led, small-batch in spirit, and honest about what it is before it becomes a room, a menu, or a…
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Chef
Jesús Moral
Bailén, Spain
Before Jesús Moral became Executive Chef of Taberna de Miguel in Bailén, Spain, his formation began inside the family tavern his parents opened in 2005. The lesson was not only…
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Chef
Ji Hye Kim
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Ji Hye Kim stands at the helm of Miss Kim in Ann Arbor, Michigan as Chef and Managing Partner, bringing to the table a perspective shaped by movement, memory, and a deep…
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Chef
Jie Ming Jian
Shanghai, China
Shanghai gives the work its address; Hong Kong gives it a point of origin. At Canton 8 in Shanghai, China, Jie Ming Jian works in the materials of Classic Cantonese cuisine:…
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Chef
Jiho Kim
New York City, New York, United States
In New York City, DDOBAR by Joomak NYC works from a compact set of materials with sharp edges: Botan Ebi, egg, Ikura Salmon, the seasoning memory of an Everything Bagel-inspired…
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Jillian Vose
Manhattan, New York, United States
Jillian Vose has held beverage leadership roles at The Dead Rabbit in New York City, BlackTail, and Hazel and Apple in Charleston. She also worked as head bartender at Death & Co…
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Jim Lehey
New York City, New York, United States
Owner of Sullivan Street Bakery in New York City, United States, Jim Lahey is the kind of baker whose public identity has been built with uncommon clarity: not by scattering his…
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Chef
Jim MacNeill
Wells, Maine, United States
## Early Years The line work and floor work came first. Before ownership, Jim MacNeill moved through the unglamorous parts of restaurant labor: pot scrubbing, service, bar…
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Chef
Jim Nakano
Glendora, California, United States
## The Path California State University, Los Angeles is where Jim Nakano trained before building a career marked by consistency, discipline, and close attention to the work…
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Master Sommelier
Jim Rollston
Los Gatos, California, United States
American Master Sommelier Jim Rollston is Wine Director at Manresa in Los Gatos, California, where the work centers on pairings: reading the dish, reading the bottle, and making…
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Chef
Jimmy Lau
New York City, New York, United States
Jimmy Lau’s record is a compact New York City line through Japanese kitchen practice: Masa Columbus Circle, Bar Masa, Neta, and Shuko. The current role, Co-executive Chef and…
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Chef
Jimmy Øien
Oslo, Norway
Executive chef at Gausta, Jimmy Øien has built a career that feels shaped as much by discipline as by invention. His defining stretch came at Rest in Oslo, where a kitchen devoted…
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