Sam Talbot
Sam Talbot Executive Chef Williamsburgh Café, Brooklyn, New York
One of Bravo Television’s "Top Chefs," Sam Talbot was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina.
He attended Johnson and Whales in Charleston and trained under Charleston's own James Burns at J.Bistro in Mt. Pleasant. By 24 years old, Sam became the executive chef of the Black Duck Restaurant in New York City. Sam then opened the Williamsburg Cafe as Chef/Owner in Brooklyn, New York.
Sam’s New American cuisine focuses on using fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients and has a strong affinity with ingredients from the sea, which he learned to love while living by the beach in South Carolina.
Sam is not only known for his culinary talents, but at 6 foot 5 inches Sam has been lauded by numerous national and local publications for being one of New York's sexiest chefs.
Sam has been praised by the likes of The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Daily News, The New York Post, Zink, Time Out and Forbes magazine, but he has only just begun to make his mark in the culinary world.
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