Talented and creative chefs are the key to the great restaurants in San Francisco, the greater Bay Area, and Northern California. SFChefs 2010 showcases these chefs through tastings, cooking demonstrations, cooking competitions, and seminars. Learn how to prepare a specific dish, or to pair food with wine. Watch as chefs are challenged to cook and present a dish from specific ingredients to a panel of renowned chefs and media. Listen as chefs describe their road to success with colorful stories that shaped their cuisine. Meet them in person as you taste samples of their skill in the Grand Tasting Tent.

Click on the chef's name to review their bio. You are probably familiar with many of the chefs from their long standing reputation as a local restaurateur, or from the explosion of television interest in chefs, cooking and the restaurant industry. We encourage you to browse the list for up and coming chefs you may not be familiar with, and try their restaurant before or after the SFChefs 2010 event. The bios trace their career development and where you can enjoy their fabulous cuisine.