Tastemakers - Startle

What's the best trip Graham Elliot has ever taken?

Graham Elliot

Chef, TV Personality
Chicago, IL

What are Barbara Lynch's favorite restaurants?

Barbara Lynch

Chef, Restaurateur
Boston, MA

What does Charlie Trotter order when he dines out?

Charlie Trotter

Chef
Chicago, IL

What does Wolfgang Puck wear when traveling?

Wolfgang Puck

Chef, Restaurateur
Los Angeles, CA

What is Ivanka Trump's favorite city to live in?

Ivanka Trump

Entrepreneur
New York, NY

What are Ming Tsai's favorite restaurants in Boston?

Ming Tsai

Chef & TV Personality
Boston, MA

Thad Vogler
Mixologist
San Francisco, CA

What are Thad Vogler's favorite cities to visit?

Carrie Brownstein
Actress, Writer, Musician
Portland, OR

How does Carrie Brownstein stay healthy while traveling?

Larry Stone
Sommelier
Napa, CA

How many sommeliers are there out there?

Alice Waters
Chef, Restaurateur
Berkeley, CA

How important is service to Alice Waters?

Thomas Keller
Chef, Restaurateur
Napa Valley, CA

What is the cuisine like at The French Laundry?

Ariane Daguin
Founder & Owner, D'Artagnan
New York, NY

What are Ariane Daguin's favorite restaurants?

Anthony Bourdain
Chef, Author, TV Personality
New York, NY

What are Anthony Bourdain's favorite places to visit?

David Chang
Chef
New York, NY

How did David Chang become a chef?

Mark Steuer
Chef
Chicago, IL

What are Mark Steuer's favorite hotels?

Tom Colicchio
Chef, Restaurateur
New York, NY

What do Tom Colicchio's restaurants have in common?

Dale DeGroff
Mixologist, Author
New York, NY

What is Dale DeGroff's favorite airline?

Jimmy Yeager
Restaurateur
Aspen, CO

What are Jimmy Yeager's favorite restaurants?

Eric Ripert
Chef
New York, NY

What are Eric Ripert's favorite cities to travel to?

Todd English
Chef
New York, NY

Is Todd English ever inspired by wine to create a dish?

Laurent Tourondel
Chef
New York, NY

What does Laurent Tourondel want to do next?

Sheila C. Johnson
Entreprenuer
Washington, DC

What are Sheila C. Johnson's future projects in the hospitality industry?

Roy Choi
Chef/Restaurateur
Los Angeles, CA

What are Roy Choi's favorite hotels?

Ken Oringer
Chef
Boston, MA

What's on Ken Oringer's iPad?

Michael White
Chef
New York, NY

What are Michael White's favorite bars and lounges?

Patrick O'Connell
Chef/Restaurateur
Washington, VA

How does Patrick O'Connell define great service?

Trina Turk
Fashion Designer
Los Angeles, CA

What are Trina Turk's favorite cities to visit?

David Bouley
Chef, Restaurateur
New York, NY

What are David Bouley's favorite cities to visit?

Jason Pomeranc
Hotelier
New York/Los Angeles, CA

What are Jason Pomeranc's favorite cities to visit?

Lawrence Ho
Entrepreneur
Hong Kong, CHINA

What are Lawrence Ho's favorite hotels?

Jenn Louis
Chef, Restaurateur
Portland, Oregon, OR

How accurate does Jenn Louis think Portlandia is?

Adam Tihany
Interior Designer
New York, NY

What is Adam Tihany's favorite resort?

Drew Nieporent
Restaurateur
New York, NY

What are Drew Nieporent's favorite cities to visit?

Tracy Anderson
Entrepreneur
Venice, Calif./Sag Harbor, NY

What made Tracy Anderson create her own lifestyle brand?

Tom Fazio
Golf Architect
Jupiter Island, FL

What are Tom Fazio's favorite cities?

Katrina Markoff
Chocolatier, Entrepreneur
Chicago, IL

How does Katrina Markoff find the best foods when traveling?

Tony Abou-Ganim
Mixologist
Las Vegas, NV

What are Tony Abou-Ganim's favorite cities?

Alex Stratta
Chef
Los Angeles, CA

What other chefs inspire Alex Stratta?

Donatella Arpaia
Restaurateur, Chef, Author, TV Personality
New York, NY

What are Donatella Arpaia's favorite places to visit?

Aldo Sohm
Sommelier
New York, NY

What are Aldo Sohm's favorite restaurants in New York?

Tom Douglas
Chef, Restaurateur
Seattle, WA

What are Tom Douglas' favorite restaurants?

Daniel Boulud
Chef, Restaurateur
New York, NY

What are Daniel Boulud's favorite New York restaurants?

Dushan Zaric
Mixologist, Restaurateur
New York, NY

What are Dushan Zaric's favorite New York bars?

Marcus Samuelsson
Chef, Author
New York, NY

What are Marcus Samuelsson's favorite cities?

Kate Somerville
Entrepreneur, Aesthetician
Los Angeles, CA

What are Kate Somerville's favorite cities to visit?

Kelly Wearstler
Interior and Fashion Designer
Los Angeles, CA

What does Kelly Wearstler love most about hotels?

Gil Hanse
Golf Architect
Philadelphia, PA

What will Gil Hanse's 2016 Olympic golf course look like?

John T.A. Vanderslice
Hotelier
Washington, DC

What are John T.A. Vanderslice's favorite cities to visit?

Larry Echaverry
Chauffeur Concierge
New York, NY

What are Larry Echaverry's favorite things to do in New York City?

Miguel Forbes
TV and Publishing Entrepreneur
New York, NY

What are Miguel Forbes' favorite cities to visit?

Joe Bastianich
Restaurateur
New York, NY

What are Joe Bastianich's favorite restaurants?

Marcia Kilgore
Entrepreneur
London, EN

What are Marcia Kilgore's favorite hotels?

John Ragan
Sommelier
New York, NY

What are John Ragan's favorite cities to visit?

Will Guidara
Restaurateur
New York, NY

What excites Will Guidara most about The NoMad?

Tony Chi
Interior Designer
New York, NY

What are Tony Chi's favorite hotels?

Daniel Humm
Chef, Restaurateur
New York, NY

What are Daniel Humm's favorite New York restaurants?

Grant Achatz
Chef, Author
Chicago, IL

What are Grant Achatz's favorite restaurants?

Philippe Starck
Designer
Venice, IT

What does Philippe Starck love most about hotels?

Jay Swift
Chef, Restaurateur
Atlanta, GA

How does Jay Swift come up with his menus?

Rajat Parr
Sommelier
San Francisco, CA

What are Rajat Parr's favorite San Francisco restaurants?

Spike Mendelsohn
Chef
Washington, DC

What would Spike Mendelsohn serve at his ultimate dinner party?

Devin Alexander
Chef, TV Personality
Los Angeles, CA

How did Devin Alexander get involved in the culinary world?

Greg Majors
Sommelier
New York , NY

What are Greg Majors' favorite wineries?

Elaine Turner
Designer
Houston, TX

How does Elaine Turner stay ahead of her competition?

Julian Serrano
Chef, Restaurateur
Las Vegas, NV

What are Julian Serrano's favorite cities?

Michael Chiarello
Chef, TV Personality
Napa, CA

What are Michael Chiarello's favorite cities?

Martin Miller
Entrepreneur, Hotelier
London, EN

What does Martin Miller think makes a successful entrepreneur?

Brian Canlis
Restaurateur
Seattle, WA

What are Brian Canlis' favorite Seattle neighborhoods?

Charlie Nelson
Entrepreneur
Nashville, TN

What is Charlie Nelson's favorite cocktail?

Jason Wagner
Sommelier
Chicago, IL

What are Jason Wagner's favorite wineries?

Jancis Robinson
Wine Critic, Author
London, EN

How did Jancis Robinson get into the wine world?

Dean Fearing
Chef
Dallas, TX

What does Dean Fearing think makes a successful restaurant?

Stephanie Izard
Chef, Restaurateur
Chicago, IL

What is Stephanie Izard's newest restaurant like?

Alpana Singh
Sommelier, Restaurateur
Chicago, IL

What is Alpana Singh's newest restaurant like?

Michael Voltaggio
Chef, Restaurateur
Los Angeles, CA

What is Michael Voltaggio doing in 2013?

Sean Brock
Chef, Restaurateur
Charleston, SC

What does Sean Brock always have in his refrigerator?

Ashley Koff
Nutritionist, Dietitian
Los Angeles, CA

How does Ashley Koff stay healthy while traveling?

Alex Guarnaschelli
Chef, TV Personality
New York, NY

What does Alex Guarnaschelli collect when she travels?

José Andrés
Chef/Owner Think Food Group
Washington, DC

How did José Andrés develop a passion for food?

David Myers
Chef, Restaurateur
Los Angeles, CA

What are David Myers' favorite restaurants?

Ford Fry
Chef, Restaurateur
Atlanta, GA

What does Ford Fry love most about hotels?

Andy Nelson
Entrepreneur
Nashville, TN

What is the best trip Andy Nelson has ever taken?

Michael Lomonaco
Chef
New York City, NY

What are Michael Lomonaco's favorite cities?

Steve Olson
Beverage Consultant
New York, NY

What are Steve Olson's favorite cities to visit?

Tara Bernerd
Interior Designer
London, EN

What are Tara Bernerd's favorite cities to visit?

Richard Blais
Chef, Author
Atlanta, GA

What does Richard Blais always travel with?

Neal Fraser
Chef
Los Angeles, CA

How does Neal Fraser come up with his menus?

Fernando Beteta
Sommelier
Chicago, IL

What are Fernando Beteta's favorite cities to visit?

Karen Hatfield
Chef, Restaurateur
Los Angeles, CA

What is Karen Hatfield's ideal dining experience?

Chris Hastings
Chef, Restaurateur
Birmingham, AL

What does Chris Hastings always have in his refrigerator?

Ago Perrone
Mixologist
London, EN

What cocktail trend does Ago Perrone want to see end?

Elizabeth Falkner
Chef
New York, NY

What would Elizabeth Falkner make for her dream dinner party?

Tre Wilcox
Chef
Dallas, TX

What's the best trip Tre Wilcox has ever taken?

Adam Seger
Mixologist
Chicago, IL

What are Adam Seger's favorite cities?

Gerard Basset
Sommelier, Hotelier
London, EN

What does Gerard Basset suggest for those new to wine?

Nick Griffith
Entrepreneur
Los Angeles, CA

How does Nick Griffith take his coffee?

Kevin Boehm
Restaurateur
Chicago, IL

How has social media changed Kevin Boehm's business?

Rick Moonen
Chef, Restaurateur, Author
Las Vegas, NV

What does Rick Moonen always have in his refrigerator?

Tony Mantuano
Chef, Restaurateur
Chicago, IL

What is Tony Mantuano doing in 2013?

Shebnem Ince
Sommelier
Chicago, IL

What does Shebnem Ince look for in a wine?

Ryan Brown
Entrepreneur, Coffee Buyer
San Francisco, CA

What does Ryan Brown look for when sourcing coffee?

Sara Moulton
Chef, Author, TV Personality
New York, NY

What are Sara Moulton's favorite cities?

Paul McGee
Mixologist
Chicago, IL

Who does Paul McGee travel with?

Craig Deihl
Chef
Charleston, SC

What does Craig Deihl always have in his refrigerator?

Tony Conigliaro
Mixologist, Restaurateur
London, EN

What does Tony Conigliaro think of infused spirits?

John Hendricks
TV Entrepreneur
Washington, D.C., DC

What are John Hendricks’ favorite cities?

Art Smith
Chef, Restaurateur
Chicago, IL

What are Art Smith’s favorite cities?