Nate Appleman * A16/SPQR /Urbino
++Paul Arenstam *Americano
Mourad Lahlou * Aziza
++Sean O'Toole * Bardessono
Bruce Hill & Chris Whaley * Bix/ Picco Restaurant
++Ravi Kapur, Pamela Mazzola & Jessica Sullivan * Boulevard
Kyle Caporicci * Candybar
++Maggie Pond * César
Tetsuya Osaki & Yasu Ueno *Chaya Brasserie San Francisco
Rodney Cerdan * DeLessio Market & Bakery
Daniel Patterson * Coi
Justin Deering * CONDUIT
++Cowgirl Creamery
Les Goodman & Charlie Palmer * Dry Creek Kitchen
++Jan Birnbaum* Epic Roasthouse
Steve Litke * Farmhouse Inn and Restaurant
Jennie Lorenzo * Fifth Floor Restaurant
Hubert Keller *Fleur De Lys
John Clark & Gayle Pirie * Foreign Cinema
Joseph Manzare* Globe/Zuppa/Pescheria/Tres Agaves
++Annie Somerville * Greens Restaurant
Ken Tominaga * Hana / Go Fish
++John Burkhard *Hog Island Oyster Company
Jake Godby * Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream
Chris Cosentino * Incanto /Boccalone
Craig Patzer *Jardinière
Patrick Kelly & Roland Passot * La Folie
++Vanessa Ainzuain & Timothy Milojevich * La Mar Cebicheria
Ken Frank * La Toque
Dominique Crenn * Luce Wine Restaurant
Shannon Swindle * Madera Restaurant and Bar
Ben Spungin & Cal Stamenov * Marinus Restaurant at Bernardus Lodge
++Todd Humphries* Martini House
++Chris L'Hommedieu * Michael Mina
Eric Tucker * Millennium
Justin Simoneaux * The Moss Room
++Joseph Humphrey* Murray Circle at Cavallo Point
++Xavier Salomon & Daniel Mangione* Navio at The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay
++Laurence Jossel * NOPA/ Nopalito
Paul Canales * Oliveto
++Mark Dommen *One Market Restaurant
++Staffan Terje* Perbacco
Bruce Hill & Chris Whaley* Picco Restaurant
Gerald Hirigoyen *Piperade
++Peter McNee * Poggio Trattoria
++Michelle Polizine * Range
Richard Reddington * REDD
++Chris Kostow * The Restaurant at Meadowood
Josiah Slone * Restaurant Sent Sovi
++Pablo Estrada * Rose Pistola
++Robert Leva* Salt House
Charles Phan * The Slanted Door
++Mark Sullivan* Spruce Restaurant
Stuart Brioza
Mitsunori Kusakabe & Scott Whitman * Sushi Ran
++Chris Borges &Yigit Pura* Taste Catering
Lissa Doumani & Hiro Sone * Terra/Ame
Mark Gordon & Lori Podraza *Terzo
Mitchell Rosenthal * Town Hall Restaurant
David Gingrass * TWO hawthorne lane/25 Brix
++Parke Ulrich * Waterbar
John Weaver * Weaver's Coffee & Tea
++Shotaro "Sho" Kamio* Yoshi's San Francisco
Sean O'Brien *Zinnia
Gilbert Pilgram & Jody Rodgers * Zuni Café
++Ted Fleury * Alembic
++Chad S. Newton * Fish & Farm
++Hangar One

++ Chefs confirmed for 2010.