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Food & Wine's The People's Best New Chef 2011: Gulf Coast - Your Pick (Poll Closed)

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36 Comments

  • Liz - 13 years ago

    Congratulations BETTOLA!
    If you haven't been, you need to go it is really great! the food is superb and the service and atmosphere are just what you need to have a good time.

  • Lu - 13 years ago

    Congratulations BETTOLA

  • Julie - 13 years ago

    If you ever work with Vish, even if you do not have an appreciation for food meshed with creativity and originality in complete perfection, his passion will inspire you. His unrelenting devotion to create this art we call food is the reason Vish deserves this title.

  • UK - 13 years ago

    Alex, we were as surprised as you, but when a Chef like Lewis is known in his town for his talent and passion, he will jump up 15%, without getting desperate in the end.
    I believe it is a fair and square competition. Like you said, there are prestigious brands and amazing chefs involved. These masters were not nominated for something small.

  • Alex - 13 years ago

    Go Vish, go! Does anyone else find it odd that the chef from Bettola jumped up at least 15% in the past few days, putting him in 1st place out of nowhere? I hope these type of polls are handled fair and square, especially with such prestigious chefs and brands involved. May the true people's best new chef win!

  • Kim - 13 years ago

    Saving the best for last. Bettola.

  • Liz - 13 years ago

    James Lewis is a GREAT Chef and deserves to win! Keep on voting for him!

  • Gerard - 13 years ago

    My girlfriend turned me on to bettola, now she can't get me to go anywhere else

  • Patricia - 13 years ago

    just the thought of how Bettola smells is enough to make me go crazy, good luck james

  • Johnathon - 13 years ago

    James Lewis gets my vote everytime

  • Louis - 13 years ago

    Go, James Lewis GO!

  • Margaret - 13 years ago

    if there's one thing to do before you die: go to bettola

  • Elaine - 13 years ago

    Unbelievable, bettola made me want to move to Italy. The food is outstanding

  • Meryjane - 13 years ago

    Bettola is the best italian food in the gulf. no in america. no in the wrld. i love it so much and with one bite you'll never eat any other italian food again. I Voote for JAMES LEWIS!!!!!

  • Camila - 13 years ago

    James Lewis.

  • SCAD - 13 years ago

    Awesome italian food. Nothing beats Bettola.

  • Gui - 13 years ago

    No question Bettola is the best.

  • Brad - 13 years ago

    Bettola has the best pasta and the best Pizza!!
    Go James!!

  • Tommy and Caroline Rosser - 13 years ago

    Vish's abilities in the kitchen are superb and inspiring...his ability to meld Southern tradition with cutting-edge international flavors (including so many tasty ones from his native India!) make him a coveted treasure around Oxford, Mississippi... Kudos to him and with gratitude for his sense of adventure and creativity in the culinary domain...

  • Jannet - 13 years ago

    I have never tasted any food so good in my life, other than the food at BETTOLA. If you get the chanse to go don't be a moran and pass it up GO!!! You will never be the same. My vote is For JAMES LEWIS THE MASTERMIND AT BETTOLA!

  • Luiza - 13 years ago

    The best pizza in Birmingham!
    Vote for Lewis!

  • Kathy - 13 years ago

    Vote for james lewis's food is the best Vote for him not any of the other people

  • Ken - 13 years ago

    Just visited Oxford, MS and ate at Snackbar a couple of times. Have to say Vishwesh Bhatt's amazing food was the highlight of my stay. His ability to bring a unique twist to great southern food kept me wanting more. His charcuterie is the best I have had. You have to eat there if you ever get the chance. Oxford is lucky have to him.

  • Helen Overstreet - 13 years ago

    I am a very lucky lady because I get to eat Vish's dishes on a regular basis. Oxford, MS is soooo proud of him!!! Got to eat a Vish fish dish not long ago that he had prepared for a contest in NOLA. I am 51 years old and consider myself a "foodie". Hands down best plate of food ever...whole combo with greens and corncake...Hope he won that and wins this contest also! GO VISH!

  • Bill - 13 years ago

    James Lewis at Bettola is great, but thank you for the other chefs as a recommendation.

  • Ann - 13 years ago

    Vish is the best.

  • Joanie - 13 years ago

    Vote for James Petrakis and the Ravenous Pig. This is the an amazing resturant , food is over the top in taste and very reasonable prices.

  • Brandon - 13 years ago

    Vote for the Pig. I mean for James Petrakis and the Ravenous Pig. Always excellent food, comfortable envirnoment, great service and a very good wine program. And, the Pig is bringing a new approach to dinning to the Disney region.

  • The Duke - 13 years ago

    The best place ever to eat is the pig! they always have a new dish on the menu and i love the farm to table idea they have makes it different and exciting.

  • Nick Sassic - 13 years ago

    James Petrakis' Ravenous Pig! I love the farm to market commitment and the fact the food is truly wonderful. He is developed food pairings that are unique, compelling and work very well.

  • Ghost - 13 years ago

    Yo Chefs...iama let you finish but James Petrakis is the best new chef of 2011 of all time.

  • Racquel tortorelli - 13 years ago

    Stupenda Bettola!

  • PB - 13 years ago

    BETTOLA has the most amazing food. I felt i was back in Italy with the flavors and unique quality.
    There was definitely a moment when i stopped to eat so it wouldn't end.
    James Lewis KNOWS his art and his passion is transmitted to the food.

  • Z - 13 years ago

    Why is it that when you vote it says 21% then someone else votes and it says 15%. Why does the number get lower if people are voting?

  • gilda - 13 years ago

    VOTE for JAMES LEWIS, the food at BETTOLA is delicius , VOTEN POR JAMES LEWIS LA comida alli esta r deliciosa

  • Colette Hiersoux - 13 years ago

    Vote for James Petrakis from the Ravenous Pig! An amazing dining experience!

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