‘The Proper Way to Use a Knife’
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Washingtonians should feel a swell of pride: four DC chefs are represented in Food & Wine’s People’s Best New Chefs list.

Kyle Bailey of Birch & Barley, Daniel Giusti of 1789, David Guas of Bayou Bakery and Nicholas Stefanelli of Bibiana are all nominated in the Mid-Atlantic region. While I would argue that these chefs are hardly “new,” since they’ve all received previous accolades, it’s still great to see them all nominated, repping DC.

The way the contest works is you get to pick the winner by voting online. I’ll be sorely disappointed if we get beaten by someone in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, so go vote now. Voting runs until March 1, 2011.

Congratulations to the chefs!