Wednesday, February 16, 2011

The People's Best New Chef: Cast Your Vote!


Chef Kevin GillespieIn case you missed the news yesterday, we the people can vote for Woodfire Grill Executive Chef/Co-owner and "Top Chef" contestant Kevin Gillespie during Food & Wine's "The People's Best New Chef" competition!  The newly established contest is an offshoot of Food & Wine's "Best New Chef" title, an honor given annually to the country's most promising up-and-coming chefs who have run their own kitchens for five years or less.   

On February 15, the magazine announced the 100 nominees for the "People's" version of this honor on eatocracy.com/foodandwine.  The contest divides the nation into 10 regions with 10 nominees per region.  Anyone can vote, and voters may cast one vote per region.  The chef receiving the most votes in a region will be that region's finalist; the chef receiving the most votes overall will win the title of "The People's Best New Chef 2011," and their bio will be featured in the July issue of Food & Wine.   

Voting ends on March 1; Food & Wine will announce the winner of "The People's Best New Chef" award on March 2 and "The 10 Best New Chefs" in early April. Look for the announcement on the Food & Wine website, Facebook as well as via Twitter

3 comments:

Niki said...

Took my husband to Woodfire for his birthday last month. Not only was the food INCREDIBLE, the service totally exceeded even our high expectations!! I want to vote for the amazing Kevin, but when I get into the site and click his name it never tells me I have voted just keeps re-routing me....what am I doing wrong?

Mandy said...

Sounds like a great birthday dinner! If you scroll ALL the way down the page, the voting is at the bottom. :)

Niki said...

Thanks so Much!!