Chronicle Releases Rising Chef 2017 And No White Males To Be Found Bob Cut Magazine
The Chronicle responded with a pointed statement about the choices made this year: The 2017 Rising Star Chef class is Reem Assil of Oakland-based Arab food pop-up/farmers’ market stand Reem’s, whose brick-and-mortar bakery is set to open next month; Chris Kiyuna, chef-partner at The Perennial in the mid-Market neighborhood, whose resume includes Front Porch and Coi; Tu David Phu of Vietnamese pop-up Ăn, which he plans to open as a brick-and-mortar next year; Fernay McPherson, the chef behind roving soul food pop-up Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement; and Michelle Minori, the 30-year-old behind the pasta menu at Barzotto, one of a number of “fancier” fast-casual establishments that have taken root in the last few years in SF....