Chefs
Chef Norman Van Aken
2026 PARTICIPANT
Norman Van Aken, hailed by numerous sources as “Florida’s Culinary Icon,” is acclaimed for introducing “fusion” into the lexicon of global cookery. He is also known as “the founding father of New World Cuisine,” a celebration of Latin, Caribbean, Asian, American and African flavors, pioneering a new, visionary way of cooking in America. He is the only Floridian chef inducted into the prestigious James Beard Foundation’s list of “Who’s Who in American Food and Beverage.”
Past Chefs
Chef Diego Oka
2025 PARTICIPANT
Chef Jeremy Ford
2024, 2016 PARTICIPANT
Chef Bradley Kilgore
2023 PARTICIPANT
Chef Amaris Jones
2023 PARTICIPANT
Chef Eileen Andrade
2022, 2015 PARTICIPANT
Chef Giorgio Rapicavoli
2022, 2020 PARTICIPANT
Chef Paula DaSilva
2022, 2015 PARTICIPANT
Chef Niven Patel
2021, 2020 PARTICIPANT
Chef Michael Schwartz
2021, 2020 PARTICIPANT
Chef Brian Nasajon
2021 PARTICIPANT
Chef Justin Flit
2021, 2020 PARTICIPANT
Chef Adrianne Calvo
2021, 2015 PARTICIPANT
Chef José Mendín
2019, 2014 PARTICIPANT
Chefs Jeff McInnis and Janine Booth
2018 PARTICIPANT
Chef Dena Marino
2015 PARTICIPANT
Chef Cindy Hutson
2015 PARTICIPANT
Chef Alberto Cabrera
2014 PARTICIPANT
Chef César Zapata
2014 PARTICIPANT
Chef Todd Erickson
2014 PARTICIPANT
Chef Daniel Boulud
2013 PARTICIPANT
Chef Kevin Sbraga
2012 PARTICIPANT
Chef Dewey LoSasso
2011 PARTICIPANT
Chef Todd English
2010 PARTICIPANT
Chef Hedy Goldsmith
2009 PARTICIPANT
Chef Stephen Lewandowski
2008 PARTICIPANT
Chef Marcus Samuelson
2007 PARTICIPANT
Chef Michael Chiarello
2006 PARTICIPANT
