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July; Named to honor Roman dictator Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC). In 46 BC, Julius Caesar made one of his greatest contributions to history. With the help of Sosigenes, he developed the Julian calendar, the precursor to the Gregorian calendar that we use today. <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”244″ height=”300″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Chef-Jimmy-244×300.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Chef-Jimmy-244×300.png 244w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Chef-Jimmy-834×1024.png 834w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Chef-Jimmy-768×944.png 768w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Chef-Jimmy.png 1094w” sizes=”(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px” /> <h5>James Beard Rising Star/ Chef Jimmy Bannos Read more…

JUNE; Named for the Roman goddess Juno, patroness of marriage and the well-being of women. Also from the Latin word juvenis,, “young people ” <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”300″ height=”221″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Chef-Enrique-Olvera–300×221.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Chef-Enrique-Olvera–300×221.png 300w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Chef-Enrique-Olvera–1024×753.png 1024w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Chef-Enrique-Olvera–768×565.png 768w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Chef-Enrique-Olvera-.png 1112w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” /> <h5>Chef Enrique Olvera</h5> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>Enrique Olvera’s importance for gastronomy goes far beyond the territory of his native country: although he was one of the first chefs Read more…

MAY, named for the Roman goddess Maia, who oversaw the growth of the plants. Also from the Latin word maiores, “elders,” who celebrated during this month. <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”300″ height=”188″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-12.59.49-PM-300×188.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-12.59.49-PM-300×188.png 300w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-12.59.49-PM.png 572w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” /> <h5>Chef Gavin Kaysen </h5> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>Chef Gavin Kaysen moved back to Minneapolis because he values community. After heading the kitchen at El Bizcocho in San Diego, competing in Read more…

MAY, named for the Roman goddess Maia, who oversaw the growth of the plants. Also from the Latin word maiores, “elders,” who celebrated during this month. <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”300″ height=”188″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-12.59.49-PM-300×188.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-12.59.49-PM-300×188.png 300w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-29-at-12.59.49-PM.png 572w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” /> <h5>Chef Gavin Kaysen </h5> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>Chef Gavin Kaysen moved back to Minneapolis because he values community. After heading the kitchen at El Bizcocho in San Diego, competing in Read more…

APRIL; From the Latin word aperio, “to open” (bud), because plants begin to grow during this month. <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”245″ height=”194″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Screen-Shot-2022-03-30-at-1.10.46-PM.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” /> <h5>Chef Peter Chang</h5> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>Peter Chang, a highly awarded and world class chef, is considered by many to be the greatest Chinese chef cooking in America today. Chang has brought authentic Szechuan cooking to another level, in a class of his own. And the proof Read more…

Named for the Roman god of war, Mars. This was the time of year to resume military campaigns that had been interrupted by winter. <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”228″ height=”300″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Chef-Alex-Atala-228×300.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Chef-Alex-Atala-228×300.png 228w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Chef-Alex-Atala.png 702w” sizes=”(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px” /> <h5>Chef Alex Atala </h5> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>A creative and restless chef, Alex Atala is known in Brazil and throughout the world for exploring, through classical bases and classical techniques, the gastronomical Read more…

February comes from the Latin word februa, which means “to cleanse.” The month was named after the Roman Februalia, which was a monthlong festival of purification and atonement . <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”300″ height=”207″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-30-at-2.13.36-PM-300×207.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-30-at-2.13.36-PM-300×207.png 300w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-30-at-2.13.36-PM.png 380w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” /> <h3>Chef Kwame Onwuachi</h3> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>Growing up in the Bronx, selling candy bars on the subway to raise cash to start his first food business. Culinary Read more…

Named for the Roman god Janus, protector of gates and doorways. Janus is depicted with two faces, one looking into the past, the other into the future. <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”209″ height=”300″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-29-at-4.06.10-PM-209×300.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-29-at-4.06.10-PM-209×300.png 209w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-29-at-4.06.10-PM-715×1024.png 715w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-29-at-4.06.10-PM-768×1100.png 768w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screen-Shot-2021-12-29-at-4.06.10-PM.png 846w” sizes=”(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px” /> <h3>Chef Michael Anthony</h3> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>2007 New York Rising Star Chef Michael Anthony grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from Indiana University with Read more…

From the Latin word decem, “ten,” because this had been the tenth month of the early Roman calendar <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”300″ height=”198″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chef-Barbara-300×198.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chef-Barbara-300×198.png 300w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chef-Barbara-1024×677.png 1024w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chef-Barbara-768×508.png 768w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Chef-Barbara.png 1434w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” /> <h3>Chef Barbara Lynch</h3> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>Daniel Her culinary talent is by now a given, but Barbara Lynch seems also to have a talent for success. How else did the hard-working girl from Southie Read more…

From the Latin word novem, “nine,” because this had been the ninth month of the early Roman calendar <h5>Our Chef of the Month</h5> <img width=”283″ height=”300″ src=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chef-Humm-283×300.png” alt=”” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chef-Humm-283×300.png 283w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chef-Humm-768×814.png 768w, https://infoodsys.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Chef-Humm.png 774w” sizes=”(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px” /> <h3>Chef Daniel Humm</h3> <p style=”text-align: center;”><strong>Daniel Humm is the chef and owner of Make It Nice, which is behind Eleven Madison Park, the fast casual restaurant Made Nice, and Davies and Brook at the Claridge’s Read more…