The Best New Chefs Awards for 2000 are sponsored by Audi of America and the Tuscan Estates of Ruffino.  This year�s ten Best New Chefs, selected from restaurants across the nation, are the most exciting young culinary talents in the country today. Chosen by the editors of Food Wine from an exhaustive research process of tastings and interviews with prominent restaurant reviewers, food writers, industry professionals and chefs nationwide, The Best New Chefs in America for 2000 are:
 

The Best New Chefs 2000 will cook together for the first time in June when they prepare a meal for 800 guests at the Food Wine Magazine Classic at Aspen. They will also be featured in the magazine�s July issue.  Many of today�s culinary superstars were first noticed by Food Wine and named to the roster of Best New Chefs.  Several of these chefs cite the award as a turning point in their careers. 

This year�s award winners join the illustrious ranks of such past winners as David Bouley, Daniel Boulud, Terrance Brennan, Tom Colicchio, Traci Des Jardins, Rocco DiSpirito, Thomas Keller, Gray Kunz, Nobu Matsuhisa and Michael Romano.  Each month, Food Wine delivers a world inhabited by people for whom pleasure is a necessity and enjoyment elemental. Presented with attitude, Food Wine covers the trends, the talents and the tables that define our time�s most exuberant, expressive way of life. Enter the atmosphere of Food Wine and celebrate the senses and sensibility that matter now. Food Wine is published by the American Express Publishing Corporation, a subsidiary of the American Express Company, and boasts a readership of 4.1 million each month.