At Centrolina restaurant and market in CityCenterDC, Chef and Owner Amy Brandwein shows Washingtonians the versatility, grace, and overall delicacy of Italian cuisine. The three-time James Beard Foundation Award nominee believes food should taste as good as in Italy, plated with pose, and viewed through the seasonal lens of the Mid-Atlantic—tenets she instills in her…
An agent of alternatives, Erik Bruner-Yang creates space. Through his Washington, D.C.-based concept development company, Foreign National, he offers an alternative: food and space as commons. There exists a constant dialogue of community, culture and progress. Bruner-Yang’s restaurants are instinctual; contemporary yet habitual, including Maketto, a three-level Asian market with a retail store, coffee shop,…
Nationally celebrated, Kevin Tien oversees culinary operations at InterContinental Washington D.C. – The Wharf, as the new Executive Chef at the helm of his modern Vietnamese restaurant, Moon Rabbit. Tien was born to a military family and spent his childhood and early life in Louisiana. He was educated at both the University of Louisiana and Louisiana State University. Growing…
Lauren Katz is the Head Pastry Chef at The Difference Baker in Ashburn, VA and a DC area native. The Difference Baker specializes in gluten-free and allergen-friendly baked goods. Lauren Is best known for winning the first season of ABC’s “Great American Baking Show” and has competed in over 50 cooking competitions across the country,…
Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Enrique Limardo, makes his debut in Washington, DC as chef and co-owner of Seven Reasons, a pan-Latin restaurant that celebrates the diverse flavors and culinary traditions of South America. At Seven Reasons, a name inspired by the mysticism around the number seven, Limardo’s experience cooking in some of Spain’s finest kitchens…
Fernando Desa is the executive chef and product development manager for Goya Foods, America’s largest Hispanic-owned food company. Chef Desa has worked with world-renowned culinary experts, including master chefs Rich Rosendale and Peter Timmins from the famed Greenbrier Resort, in West Virginia. He has also worked alongside well-known New England chef, Volker Frick and culinary…
The name Wolfgang Puck is synonymous with the best of restaurant hospitality and the ultimate in all aspects of the culinary arts. The famed chef has built a brand that encompasses three companies: Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, consisting of 25 owned, operated, and licensed fine dining restaurants across 12 cities in 6 countries; Wolfgang…
Lidia is an Emmy award-winning public television host, a best‐selling cookbook author with a dozen books published to date, a successful restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and entertainment business. Most importantly, Lidia has accomplished all of this by marrying her two passions in life – her family and food, to create multiple culinary…
Chef Victor Albisu has more than a decade of experience in fine dining and upscale French, American and Latin American restaurants. He combines his culinary education with his Latin American heritage to bring a unique style of cuisine to his restaurant concepts Taco Bamba and Poca Madre. In 2015, Albisu was named Chef of the…
Haidar Karoum is the chef and owner of Chloe, his first solo restaurant in Washington D.C.’s southeast waterfront. In 2018, Chloe was included in the Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand list. Prior to opening Chloe, Karoum was the executive chef/partner of Doi Moi, Estadio and Proof in Washington D.C. Under his leadership, Estadio earned a two-and-a-half star review from The Washington Post, a…
