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Gerard Barbin Photo: courtesy of Sensing Gerard Barbin cut his teeth in some of his home country's finest kitchens. Prior to coming to Boston, the Frenchman worked in Paris under Guy Martin, and when offered the chance to run Martin's kitchen at his first stateside restaurant, the Fairmont Battery Wharf's Sensing, ...

Maialino Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Danny Meyer certainly knows how to pick ‘em. Chefs that is. The restaurants within his Union Square Hospitality Group have produced a good share of mega-stars: Michael Romano, Tom Colicchio, Marco Canora, Daniel Humm and Floyd Cardoz to name a few. Meet Meyer’s new rising star, ...

Maialino Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Danny Meyer certainly knows how to pick ’em. Chefs that is. The restaurants within his Union Square Hospitality Group have produced a good share of mega-stars: Michael Romano, Tom Colicchio, Marco Canora, Daniel Humm and Floyd Cardoz to name a few. Meet Meyer’s new rising star, ...

Michael Mina Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez With an award-winning cookbook, accolades including a James Beard Foundation Best Chef award and 17 restaurants across the country, chef Michael Mina is a household name in the industry. During the the Savor Borgata event in Atlantic City, where Mina was cooking for 700 ...

Michael Mina Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez With an award-winning cookbook, accolades including a James Beard Foundation Best Chef award and 17 restaurants across the country, chef Michael Mina is a household name in the industry. During the the Savor Borgata event in Atlantic City, where Mina was cooking for 700 ...

Michael Mina Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez With an award-winning cookbook, accolades including a James Beard Foundation Best Chef award and 17 restaurants across the country, chef Michael Mina is a household name in the industry. During the the Savor Borgata event in Atlantic City, where Mina was cooking for 700 ...

Michael Mina Photo: Hernan F. Rodriguez With an award-winning cookbook, accolades including a James Beard Foundation Best Chef award and 17 restaurants across the country, chef Michael Mina is a household name...pretty much everywhere except New York. During the the Savor Borgata event in Atlantic City, where Mina ...

Post 390 Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Having spent much of this decade running the kitchens at Harvest and the now-closed Excelsior, Eric Brennan is a veteran of the Boston dining scene. This season, he's made a splash with the Back Bay newcomer Post 390. Brennan recently took a few minutes to discuss his latest ...

Ricardo Cardona, chef to the Yankees Last night the Yankees clinched the World Series for the first time in nine years. Some chalk it up to good coaching, a brand-new stadium or a roster of players dedicated to teamwork. But something else happened within the past year that might have fueled the victorious season: a ...

Charles chef Jason Zukas Photo: courtesy of the restaurant Before taking over as executive chef at Charles in the West Village, Queens native and Chopped victor Jason Zukas honed his culinary craft at restaurants including Blue Water Gril, La Bottega, Ouest and Shutter Island's Sunset Beach. On November 8 at Charles, ...