Presenting F&W's 'The People's Best New Chef' Nominees

Voting starts today for Food & Wine's "The People's Best New Chef" award, and among this year's New England nominees are these Boston area chefs: Matthew Gaudet of West Bridge in Kendall Square, Phillip Tang of East by Northeast in Cambridge, Tim Maslow of Strip-T's in Watertown and Carolyn Johnson from 80 Thoreau in Concord. Go here to vote, which you can do from now until March 18. The regional winner will then go on to compete nationally. Last year, it was William Kovel of Catalyst in Central Square. See below for a list of additional New England chefs up for the award.

· Nemo Bolin, Cook & Brown Public House, Providence
· Matt Louis, Moxy, Portsmouth, NH
· Bjorn Somlo, Nudel, Lenox, MA
· Benjamin Sukle, The Dorrance, Providence, RI
· Andrew Taylor & Mike Wiley, Eventide Oyster Co., Portland, ME
· Joel Viehland, Community Table, Washington, CT

· Vote for Your Favorite Chef [F&W]
· All Coverage of The People's Best New Chef on Eater [~EBOS~]
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