Behind the scenes of every restaurant, there's a high-pressure kitchen where orders continuously pour in and chefs churn out food.
The best chefs handle a tremendous amount of stress while working in hot kitchens and still create delicious meals. And some of them do it with serious style.
From 5-star restaurants to funky food trucks, we scoured restaurants across the U.S. looking for the best of the best. And we weren't just looking for looks: These chefs and chefs-turned-restaurateurs are talented, ambitious, successful, and stylish.
#30 Lisa Giffen
Restaurant:Maison Premiere
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Executive Chef Lisa Giffen serves carefully curated large and small plates of seafood at her critically-acclaimed Williamsburg restaurant.
Though only 31, she has an impressive resume that includes past jobs at Dan Barber's Blue Hill, Ed Brown's now-closed Eighty One, and Alain Ducasse's Adour. She was recently promoted to executive chef at Maison Premiere.
Giffen sources her ingredients locally, and chooses ingredients based on the seasons.
#29 David Chang
Restaurant: momofuku
Location: New York, NY
David Chang is the chef and owner of the popular momofuku empire, which includes the momofuku noodle bar (opened in 2004), momofuku ssäm bar, booker and dax, momofuku ko, má pêche, and momofuku milk bar.
His cookbook, "Momofuku," was released in 2009.
Chang has won numerous accolades: He was named one of the Time 100 in 2010, GQ's Chef of the Year in 2007, and has personally won four James Beard chef awards, including for Outstanding Chef in 2013.
His noodle bar empire has now spread across the globe.
#28 Shannon Bard
Restaurant: Zapoteca
Location: Portland, ME
Oklahoma-native Shannon Bard runs the kitchen at her Mexican restaurant Zapoteca in Maine.
A mother of four, she attended the Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio with a specialization in Oaxacan cuisine.
She also was the runner up in Eater's "The Hottest Chef in Maine" 2013 poll.
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