2022 StarChefs D.C.-Chesapeake Rising Stars Awards

StarChefs is returning to Washington D.C. to celebrate the Chesapeake region’s most talented up-and-coming food and beverage professionals. The 2022 class includes 19 Rising Stars, recognized by StarChefs for their culinary strengths, charitable contributions, and their ability to navigate, lead, and inspire.


The Rising Stars Award winners are designated by the StarChefs editorial team based on in-person tastings and interviews. In each market, the editorial team tastes and interviews with more than 100 chefs, pastry chefs, bartenders, sommeliers, restaurateurs, and artisans, ultimately selecting a group of 17 to 25 professionals who best represent the future of American dining.

Although Rising Stars Awards are given out locally, award winners are evaluated according to a set of national standards. Creativity, ambition, presentation, philosophy, and, most importantly, delicious food, drinks, and/or pairings win the designation of a StarChefs Rising Star.

The 2022 D.C.-Chesapeake Rising Stars will be the 75th class of Rising Stars Award winners and the sixth class from the D.C.-Chesapeake region.

To celebrate these industry professionals, StarChefs will host a Rising Stars Restaurant Week from March 15 to 29. The two-week promotion highlights the Rising Stars and gives diners the opportunity to experience the winners’ signature dishes, beverages, and wine pairings.

For more information, visit the 2022 D.C.-Chesapeake Rising Stars Awards page.


2022 StarChefs D.C.-Chesapeake Rising Stars Awards Winners

CHEFS
Bobo Catoe of Alewife
Paolo Dungca of Hiraya and PogiBoy
Demetri Mechelis of Martha Dear
Masako Morishita of Maxwell Park
Laine Myers of Oro

GAME CHANGER
Presented by S.Pellegrino
Angel Barreto of Anju

RESTAURATEURS
Presented by Jade Range
Brittany Anderson of Brenner Pass

CONCEPT
Sahil Rahman & Rahul Vinod of RASA

PASTRY CHEF
Annie Coleman of Reveler’s Hour and Tail Up Goat

COMMUNITY
Pitmasters Fernando González & Debby Portillo of 2Fifty Texas BBQ
Bartender Sophia Kim of Longoven

BARTENDERS 
Presented by Beam Suntory 
Andon Whitehorn of Alewife

SOMMELIERS
Presented by Wines of South Africa
Andrew Elder of Bresca and Jônt
Sarah Horvitz formerly of Oyster Oyster

ARTISANS
Baker Rachel De Jong of Cou Cou Rachou
Brewer of Josey Schwartz of Suspended Brewing Co.
Chocolatier of Ashleigh Pearson of Petite Soeur

MENTOR 
Presented by Vitamix Commercial 
Lee Gregory of Alewife and Southbound


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