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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★Michelin Star at Frances Restaurant (2009-present)
★Michelin Star at Fifth Floor (2006)
★Michelin Star at Octavia (2015)
★Food & Wine Best New Chef (2004)
★San Francisco Chronicle Rising Star Chef (2002)
★James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef nominations (2002, 2003, 2004)
★James Beard Foundation Best New Restaurant nomination for Frances (2010)
★James Beard Foundation Best Chef West nomination for Octavia (2016)
★Esquire Best New Restaurant for Frances (2010)
★Bon Appétit Ten Best New Restaurants in America for Frances (2010)
Notable Facts
→Owner of two Michelin-starred restaurants (Frances and Octavia) in San Francisco
→One of only a handful of women nationally to earn multiple Michelin stars
→Graduate of Culinary Institute of America
→Worked under renowned chefs Michael Mina and Ron Siegel
→Named restaurants after her grandmothers Frances and Octavia
→Briefly opened M. Georgina restaurant in Los Angeles (closed due to COVID-19)
→Known for California-inspired French cuisine and farm-to-table approach
→Repaid Frances restaurant investors $400,000 within 18 months
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