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Person · Chef/owner

James Syhabout

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James Syhabout, born to Thai-Isan and Lao refugee parents and raised in Oakland, began cooking in his mother's restaurant before studying at the California Culinary Academy and working at Manresa under David Kinch (rising from chef de partie to sous chef), as well as Coi, elBulli, Alkimia and Mugaritz. He opened Commis on Piedmont Avenue in Oakland in 2009 as chef and proprietor; the restaurant was awarded a Michelin star in 2010 and later held two, and Syhabout was named a Food & Wine Best New Chef in 2010. His other Bay Area ventures have included Hawker Fare in Oakland and San Francisco, Hawking Bird, Old Kan Beer & Co., The Dock and the bar CDP, and he is the author, with John Birdsall, of the 2018 cookbook and memoir "Hawker Fare," published by Ecco.

Cartelier documents 0 menus published by kitchens naming James Syhabout, most recently as Chef/owner at Commis. Roles are established from menus and sources in the archive.

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