• Year attending: 2011

    Chef Jeff Buben from Washington DC, has been participating in the Food and fun from beginning and for the last 6 years as a steady member of the jury. Winner of the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef Mid-Atlantic 1999. Jeffrey Buben is the chef and owner of two prestigious restaurants in Washington, D.C., Vidalia and Bistro Bis. Acknowledged by Bon Appétit as one of the Best New Restaurants of 1993, Vidalia has garnered both local and national recognition with its regional American cooking delivered with Southern hospitality.

  • Year attending: 2011

    Michael Aeyal Ginor is co-founder and Chef of Hudson Valley Foie Gras, the most comprehensive Foie Gras producer in the world. Michael, with his partner Izzy Yanay, modernized the ancient delicacy known to Pharos and kings by utilizing the hi-tech and scientifically advanced production techniques of the twentieth century.

     

  • Year attending: 2011
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    Marcus Jernmark comes from the Three-Star rated Restaurant Aquavit, where he started as the Executive Sous Chef in June of 2009. After 6 months of working at Aquavit, he was given an opportunity of a lifetime, to assume position as the Executive Chef. Marcus quickly rose to the challenge and transitioned into the role, executing his vision of Scandinavian cuisine and reaching a milestone in his culinary journey.

     

  • Year attending: 2011
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    Chef Peters was born in Austria and has been working in Moscow since 1993. He is presently the Executive Head Chef for the fine dining restaurant Concorde, the Italian restaurant Autograph, Coffee-Bistro Monte Rosso and the Russian restaurant Petshky-Lavotshky.
  • Year attending: 2011

    Jeff Tunks, a longtime Washingtonian and native of Texas.  He is one of the founders of Food and Fun festival and has been Chairman of the J ury for the last 5 years.  He is Executive Chef at the restaurants,  DC Coast, TenPenh, Ceiba, and Acadiana which is run by Passion Food, LLC,where he is the third partner together with Gus DeMillo and David Weizenberg.