Michael Tusk
Affiliation
Quince
Three Michelin-star restaurant Quince in San Francisco
i. Biography
Michael Tusk is the chef and owner, along with his wife Lindsay, of Quince and Cotogna, two critically acclaimed restaurants in San Francisco's Jackson Square. Born in New Jersey in 1964 and trained at Tulane University, Le Bernardin, and under mentors Alice Waters at Chez Panisse and Paul Bertolli at Oliveto, Tusk opened Quince in 2003 as a 60-seat Italian-inspired fine-dining destination that has held three Michelin stars since 2017. In 2011, he received the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Pacific, and his restaurants are known for celebrating seasonal Northern California produce through Italian and French regional cuisine.
The Archive
Selected Works & Focus Areas
Focus 01
Three Michelin-star restaurant Quince in San Francisco
Focus 02
Casual Italian sister restaurant Cotogna
Focus 03
Italian and French regional cuisine with Northern California seasonal ingredients
Focus 04
Close relationships with local purveyors and farmers, particularly Fresh Run Farm in Bolinas
Focus 05
James Beard Award for Best Chef: Pacific (2011)
Focus 06
Wood-fired Italian cooking techniques and wood-burning oven preparations