A signature dish may define a chef’s style, but in this increasingly digital age, social-media rhetoric can be as illustrative as a menu. We talked with some of the esteemed Beard Award–winning chefs who will be cooking at this year’s festivities to find out how they would define themselves in one tidy hashtag.
Grant Achatz
Alinea, Next, Aviary, and Roister, Chicago
#sorted
Joanne Chang
Flour Bakery + Cafe and Myers + Chang, Boston
#alwaysthinkingaboutfood
Greg Denton
Ox Restaurant, Portland, OR
#dogfather
Vinny Dotolo
Animal, Los Angeles
#fusionfoodisbackbutitneverleft
Renee Erickson
The Whale Wins, Seattle
#imreadyforwine
Meg Galus
Boka, Chicago
#chocolateistheanswer
Dahlia Narvaez
Mozza Restaurant Group, Los Angeles
#pickuppastry
Tandy Wilson
City House, Nashville
#thereshouldbeasausageemoji
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Learn more about the 2017 James Beard Awards.
