Books A New Napa Cuisine Role Chef | Name Christopher Kostow Spouse(s) Martina Kostow | |
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Full Name Christopher Kostow Awards James Beard Award for Best Chef: West Restaurants The Restaurant at Meado, Georges at the Cove, Le Jardin des Sens, Chez Georges |
Chris Kostow: "A New Napa Cuisine" | Chefs at Google
Christopher Kostow (born 1976) is Executive Chef at The Restaurant at Meadowood in Napa Valley, California. Under Chef Kostow, The Restaurant was awarded three stars from the Michelin Guide in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. In 2013, Chef Kostow was awarded the James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Chef: West.”
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- Chris Kostow A New Napa Cuisine Chefs at Google
- Lexus culinary master christopher kostow
- Life career
- Restaurants
- Awards
- Television appearances
- References

Lexus culinary master christopher kostow
Life & career
Chef Kostow grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, and earned a degree in philosophy from Hamilton College in New York. He worked under Trey Foshee at Georges at the Cove in San Diego before moving to France to immerse himself in French cuisine through apprenticeships, after which he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. In San Francisco, Chef Kostow worked under Daniel Patterson at Elizabeth Daniel and Daniel Humm at Campton Place Restaurant before accepting his first executive position at Chez TJ in Mountain View. Chef Kostow has been at The Restaurant at Meadowood since 2008. Beginning June 2017 he and Nathaniel Dorn, the hospitality and restaurant director at The Restaurant at Meadowood, opened The Charter Oak Restaurant in St. Helena, CA.
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