Awards & Recognition
★Winner Top Chef Masters (Bravo TV)
★James Beard Award Nominee Best Chef West (2009 semifinalist, 2012, 2013 nominee)
★James Beard Award Nominee Single Subject cookbook for 'Offal Good' (2018)
★Three-star review from San Francisco Chronicle for Incanto restaurant
Notable Facts
→Graduate of Johnson & Wales University culinary program
→Founded celebrated cured meat company Boccalone in San Francisco's Ferry Building
→Pioneered nose-to-tail cooking movement in America through Incanto restaurant (2002-2014)
→Opened multiple successful restaurants: Incanto, Cockscomb, Jackrabbit (Portland), Acacia House (Napa), Rosalie Italian Soul (Houston)
→Published multiple cookbooks including James Beard nominated 'Offal Good: Cooking from the Heart with Guts'
→Collaborated with Marvel Comics on Wolverine cookbook
→Advisory board member of Chefs Cycle charity organization
→Known for sustainable whole-animal cooking philosophy