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Noca's Chris Curtiss Up for People's Best New Chef in Food + Wine Poll

By Michele Laudig Fri., Feb. 18 2011 at 9:24 AM
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​A slew of chefs have been nominated for the Southwest category of Food + Wine magazine's new The People's Best New Chef contest -- ten in all, from Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Texas -- but there's only one representing our great state: Chris Curtiss, executive chef of Noca.

It's not surprising to see Curtiss on the list; just six months after Noca opened, the restaurant was named a semifinalist for Best New Restaurant in the 2009 James Beard Awards.

Why aren't there any others from Arizona, though? Speaking of the Beard awards, whose semifinalists were announced yesterday, there's plenty of local talent who'd be worthy of joining Curtiss on the ballot.

To look at the lineup of regional nominees, it looks like the Food + Wine editors have been spending a hell of a lot of time in Texas. I hope they take more time in 2011 to check out our scene.

(According to Noca owner Eliot Wexler, the nominees were chosen by the magazine's staffers, and being nominated for The People's New Chef does not preclude any of the participants from also being nominated for Food + Wine's long-running Best New Chef competition.)

Online voting is going on now through March 1, and ten finalists will be determined by which chefs have the most votes per region. Get out the vote, yo!

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Me again!

This must be a misprint.  This guy is a bum.  No skills and shitty in the kitchen, trying to serve 1/2 cooked fish and warm it up to serve, come on.  I guess anybody who can't cook for shit get something.  unbelievable!!  Yes, you bought both my meals or should I say Eliot did. 

Jag
Jag

I feel like a bit of an idiot here, but...how do you even vote? All it does is list each chef's bio. No poll, no box to click, nothing. Even more deceptive is the link under each saying "vote now, vote now" which just leads you backwards to the main page.

Browser
Browser

I had the same problem when trying to vote from my work computer. I was finally able to vote from my home computer......at the very bottom of the page is a white area where the voting happens. I figured this out at home and tried it again at work today, no luck.

The Breadfruit
The Breadfruit

What's the deal? Just tried to vote with no luck.. Nicely done Chris!

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