Participating Chefs and Restaurants

West Coast
A-16 (Nate Appleman, San Francisco, CA) 2006, 2007, 2008
Bacar (Morgan Mueller, San Francisco, CA) 2008
Bishop's (Andrea Carlson, Vancouver, BC) 2008
Black Cat Bistro (Deborah Scarborough, Cambria, CA) 2008
The Blue Plate Restaurant (Cory Obenour, Jonah Oakden; San Francisco, CA) 2003, 2006
Bouchon Santa Barbara (Josh Brown, Santa Barbara, CA) 2008
Carried Away (Tom McNary & Malika Henderson; Aptos, CA) 2004
Cetrella Bistro & Cafe (Lewis Rossman, Half Moon Bay, CA) 2006
Charles Nob Hill (Melissa Perello, San Francisco, CA) 2004
Coco500 (Jennifer Biesty, San Francisco, CA) 2007
The Corson Building (Matthew Dillon, Seattle, WA) 2008
Robert Cubberly (San Francisco, CA) 2004
Brian Curry (Santa Cruz, CA) 2003
de Young Museum Cafe (Daniel Long, San Francisco, CA) 2006
Delfina (Craig Stoll, San Francisco, CA) 2002
Gabriella Café (Jim Denevan, Sean Baker & staff, Santa Cruz, CA) 2007, 2008
Grace Restaurant(Neal Fraser, Los Angeles, CA) 2008
Jardinière (Traci Des Jardins, San Francisco, CA) 2003, 2008
Joy Road Catering(Cameron Smith & Dana Ewart, Penticton, BC) 2008
Manresa Restaurant (David Kinch, Los Gatos, CA) 2002, 2003, 2005
Meadowood(Vincent Nattress, Napa, CA) 2008
Millennium Restaurant (Eric Tucker, San Francisco, CA) 2002
Oswald (Damani Thomas, Santa Cruz, CA) 2007
Presidio Social Club (Zoe Antonitsas, San Francisco, CA) 2008
Quince Restaurant (Michael Tusk, San Francisco, CA) 2005
Marc Rasic (San Francisco, CA) 2004
Restaurant Sent Soví (Judd Deaton; Los Gatos, CA) 2002
RNM Restaurant (Justine Miner, San Francisco, CA) 2003
Sage & Sage on the Coast (Richard Mead, Newport Beach, CA) 2007, 2008
Savage Feasts (Jennifer Biesty, San Francisco, CA) 2008
Justin Severino (Santa Cruz, CA) 2006, 2007, 2008
Jason Seibert (San Diego, CA) 2006
The Slanted Door (Charles Phan; San Francisco, CA) 2004
SPQR (Nate Appleman, San Francisco, CA) 2008
Ten 01 (Jack Yoss, Portland, OR) 2008
Ubuntu (Jeremy Fox & Deanie Hickox-Fox, Napa, CA) 2008
Villa Creek Restaurant & Cellars (Tom Fundaro & Cris Cherry; Paso Robles, CA) 2004
West Restaurant (David Hawksworth; Vancouver, BC) 2005-2007
Zazu (Duskie Estes, Santa Rosa, CA) 2006



Southwest
Tapino Kitchen & Wine Bar (James Porter, Scottsdale, AZ) 2008



Rocky Mountains
Frasca(Lachlan Patterson, Boulder, CO) 2008
The Little Nell (Ryan Hardy, Aspen, CO) 2008
Restaurant Six89 (Mark Fischer, Carbondale, CO) 2008



Midwest
Blackbird (Paul Kahan, Chicago, IL) 2004
Corner Table (Scott Pampuch, Minneapolis, MN) 2008
Heartland Restaurant(Lenny Russo, St. Paul, MN) 2008
Hot Chocolate(Mindy Segal, Chicago, IL) 2008
L'Etoile(Tory Miller, Madison, WI) 2008
Vie Restaurant (Paul Virant, Western Springs, IL) 2007, 2008



Northeast
Almond Restaurant (Jason Weiner, Bridgehampton, NY) 2008, 2007, 2008
Blue Hill Restaurant (Chefs Dan Barber & Michael Anthony, New York, NY) 2003
Brown (Alejandro Alcocer, New York, NY) 2005, 2008
Culinary Institute of America (Hyde Park, NY) 2008
Diner (Caroline Fidanza, Brooklyn, NY) 2008
Gramercy Tavern (Michael Anthony, New York, NY) 2007
Harvest(Mary Dumont, Cambridge, MA) 2008
Mary Dumont (Portsmouth, NH) 2006
Nick & Toni's Restaurant (Seth Caswell; Long Island, NY) 2004
Primo (Melissa Kelly, Rockland, ME) 2008
Prune (Gabrielle Hamilton, New York, NY) 2006
The Pearl (Seth & Angela Raynor, Nantucket, MA) 2007
Telepan (Bill Telepan, New York, NY) 2008
J. Bryce Whittlesey, 2004
Willow of Ithaca (Sean O'Brien, Ithaca, NY) 2004



Southeast
Bacchanalia (Anne Quatrano, Atlanta) 2004
Farm 255 (Tamar Adler, Athens, GA) 2006
Lilly's (Kathy Cary, Louisville, KY) 2007
Michael's Genuine Food & Drink(Michael Schwartz, Miami, FL) 2008
Vermilion (Anthony Chittum, Alexandria, VA) 2008
Watershed (Scott Peacock, Decateur, GA) 2008



South
Bayona (Susan Spicer; New Orleans, LA) 2005
Dai Due (Jesse Griffiths, Austin, TX) 2008
La Provence(Randy Lewis,Lacombe, LA) 2008
Lake Austin Spa Resort (Terry Conlan, Austin, TX) 2006
Savvy Gourmet (Corbin Evans, New Orleans, LA) 2006
T'afia (Monica Pope, Houston, TX) 2008