1. SCOTT BRYAN 18. SAM KIM Then: Chef at 21 Federal in Nantucket Then: Line cook at 1789 Since: Executive chef, Veritas, Now: Executive Chef, 1789 Apiary,among others 1 33 Now: Executive chef, The Milling 19. LEAH CLERMAN Room in NYC Then: Line cook, 1789 Scott Bryan Padua Player Now: Sous chef at 1789 2. DUSKIE ESTES Then: Line cook at 21 Federal, 20. BRIAN STICKEL Kinkead’s Then: Executive sous chef, 1789 Now: Executive chef and owner with Now: Corporate chef, Clyde’s her husband, John Stewart, zazu Restaurant Group kitchen and farm in Sonoma County, California 21: JEFF ENG Then: Sous chef, 1789 3. JEFF HEINEMAN Now: Executive chef, Clyde’s Tower Then: Line cook, Kinkead’s Oaks Lodge 2 32 Since: Sous chef, Cashion’s Eat Place in D.C.; chef/partner, Rhodeside Grill 22. SARAH BIGLAN in Arlington Duskie Estes Logan Cox Then: Sous chef at Ris Now: Chef/owner, Grapeseed in Now: Executive chef, Right Proper 3 31 Bethesda Brewpub 4. WILL ARTLEY 23. MELANIA CASTEGNARO Je Heineman David Collier Then: Line cook at Colvin Run Tavern, Then: Pastry chef at Ris Kinkead’s Now: Pastry chef, Ridgewell’s Since: Executive chef, Evening Caterers Star Cafe in Alexandria; executive chef, Pizzeria Orso in Falls Church; 24: ROB CAMPBELL executive chef, BLT Steak in D.C. Then: Line cook, steward at Kinkead’s Now: Executive chef, Nonna’s Kitchen Fairmont Bar & Dining; in D.C. Since: corporate catering 5. MIMI SCHNEIDER Now: Executive sous chef, BlackSalt Then: General manager, Kinkead’s 25: MIKE HUFF 4 30 Since: Room dining manager, Salamander Resort & Spa, Then: Worked at Colvin Run Tavern, Will Artley Chris Newsome Middleburg, Virginia Kinkead’s Pizzeria Da Gennaro in Naples, Now: Restaurant manager, Goodstone Since: Inn and Restaurant, Middleburg Italy Now: Executive chef, BlackSalt 6. DAMIAN SALVATORE: Then: Line cook, Kinkead’s 26. MALLORY BUFORD Line cook at Colvin Run Tavern, 5 29 Now: Chef/owner, Persimmon in Then: Bethesda; Wild Tomato and Sal’s Kinkead’s Italian Kitchen in Cabin John Since: Executive chef, Addie’s Mimi Schneider Chris Cosentino Now: Corporate chef, Tacos Ininitos, 7. BRENDAN L’ETOILE a Je Black side business which runs Then: Line cook, Colvin Run Tavern several locations of Tacos A Go Go and Fajitas A Go Go in the Houston Since: Sous chef, Willow area Now: Executive chef, Chez Billy and Chez Billy Sud in D.C. 6 28 27. JEFF BLACK F Then: Line cook at 21 Federal, stints in F A 8: ROBERT BOTTOM T S front and back of house at Kinkead’s N Damian Salvatore O Je Gaetjen Then: Sous chef, Willow T W A Now: Owner, Black Restaurant Group, L . S Now: Executive chef, Marvin E N including BlackSalt, Black’s Bar & N A JO Kitchen, Pearl Dive Oyster Palace and 9: TRACY O’GRADY Black Jack, Republic, Black Market Then: Sous chef, Kinkead’s, 2001 Bistro USA candidate to Bocuse d’Or, an international cooking competition 28. JEFF GAETJEN BOB KINKEAD, CHEF/OWNER Since: Chef/owner, Willow in Then: Chef at 21 Federal, Colvin Run, Arlington (now closed) Kinkead’s, Ancora R Harvest Restaurant, Cambridge R 21 Federal in Nantucket Now: Chef, Campono in The Now: Executive ishmonger, Black R 21 Federal in D.C., 19871993 R Colvin Run Tavern in Vienna, 20022009 Watergate Restaurant Group R Kinkead’s, 19932012 R Ancora/Campono, 20132016 7 10: BRIAN WOLKEN 29: CHRIS COSENTINO Then: Line cook, Kinkead’s Then: Line cook, Kinkead’s Brendan L’Etoile 27 Since: Married his then-boss, Tracy Since: Chef/owner, Boccalone and O’Grady, the two opened Willow Boccalone Salumeria; winner, “Top together Chef Masters,” 2012 Je Black Now: Running Campono with O’Grady Now: Chef/owner, Coxcomb; chef, forthcoming restaurant in Las Alcobas 11. TERRI HORN hotel, all in California 26 Then: Pastry chef, 21 Federal Since: Pastry chef, 1789 32. LOGAN COX Mallory Buford Now: Owner, Kayak Cookies — of Then: Line cook, Colvin Run Tavern “salty oats” fame — in Cape Cod, Since: Executive chef, New Heights Massachusetts Restaurant; executive chef, Ripple; head chef, Tutka Bay Lodge in Homer, 8 9 12. RIS LACOSTE Alaska 25 Then: Helped open 21 Federal in Now: Chef, Sitka & Spruce, Seattle, Robert Bottom Tracy O’Grady Nantucket, 21 Federal in D.C. and Washington 10 Kinkead’s Mike Hu Since: Executive chef, 1789 in 30. CHRIS NEWSOME Brian Wolken Georgetown Then: Sous chef, Kinkead’s; chef de L’Etoile, Wolken also worked with O’Grady. Now: Chef/owner, Ris in West End cuisine, Colvin Run Tavern Bottom worked for O’Grady. Now: Chef/owner, Ollie Irene in 13. CHRIS KUJALA Mountain Brook, Alabama * Then: Pastry chef, Kinkead’s 12 13 Since: Pastry chef, Ris D.C. 31: DAVID COLLIER Now: Corporate pastry chef, Robert Then: Corporate pastry chef at Colvin Run Tavern, Kinkead’s Ris Lacoste Chris Kujala Wiedmaier’s RW Restaurant Group 24 Since: Corporate pastry chef, Knife Kujala and Horn went Gaetjen, Buford, Hu and Campbell Modern Steak & Oak, Dallas; pastry on to work with Lacoste 14. REBECCA FISCHER Rob Campbell went on to work with Black Then: Line cook, sous chef, 1789 chef, Spoon Bar & Kitchen, Dallas; 11 executive pastry chef, Rosewood Executive chef, Clyde’s of Tysons * * Now: Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas Terri Horn 15. FRANK LEE Now: Pastry chef, Blue Duck Tavern at the Park Hyatt Washington D.C. Then: Intern, line cook, 1789 worked for worked Now: Owner, Frankly Pizza, 33. PADUA PLAYER Kensington A.K.A. SUGA CHEF Then: Dishwasher, 21 Federal 16. ANDI CHESSER Since: Worked at D.C. Coast, Café Then: Line cook, 1789 Milano, Ceiba General Manager, Frankly Pizza Now: Now: Pastry chef, Susan Gage Catering; owner, Suga Chef Desserts 17: MIKE CHESSER Then: Server, 1789 Now: Floor manager, Métier by Eric 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ziebold (Also married to Andi, who he met at 1789) Rebecca Fischer Frank Lee Andi Chesser Mike Chesser Sam Kim Leah Clerman Brian Stickel Je Eng Sarah Biglan Melania Castegnaro.