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Kevin
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Fink
Austin, TX /
Emmer & Rye Hospitality and Pullman Market
WHERE WILL I BE COOKING:
The Throwdown

Kevin Fink owns six nationally renowned restaurants in Austin, Texas: Emmer & Rye, Hestia, Kalimotxo, Henbit, TLV, and Canje. His culinary career began cooking at 13 Gobbi in Florence, Italy, and continued with stints working at the iconic Napa Valley restaurant The French Laundry and staging at Copenhagen, Denmark’s legendary restaurant Noma. Fink opened Emmer & Rye in 2015 and was named one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs in 2016. Hestia earned Best New Restaurant in America honors from Robb Report, and Canje was listed as one of The New York Times’ Best Restaurants of 2022.