- TODD BATES
- Executive chef Greg Baker and wife/business partner Michelle Baker. The James Beard Foundation nominated Baker for Best Chef: South for 2012 and 2013.
The James Bread Foundation is out with this year's nominees for its highly prestigious awards, and Greg Baker, executive chef/owner of The Refinery and a three-time readers' pick for Best Chef in our annual Best of the Bay issue, has been named a semi-finalist in the Best Chef: South category.
This is Baker's second Best Chef: South nomination (he was nominated last year as well) and The Refinery's third nomination overall (they were nominated in 2011 for Best New Restaurant).