CHEFS

Perso’s Emil David, profiled in our Spring 2025 print edition

While it may be true that Perso’s owner and chef Emil David was born to cook, his natural abilities have been accompanied by a lifelong clear-headedness about the level of effort and adaptability required to make good on one’s potential. This is a man displaying persistent curiosity and a dogged work ethic, forever ready to […]

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Meesh Meesh’s Noam Bilitzer is a finalist for “James Beard Best Chef: Southeast” award

MeeshMeesh, a manifestation of Chef Noam Bilitzer’s childhood dining room table, is a Levantine-focused restaurant in Louisville’s Nulu neighborhood, exploring the vibrant flavors shared throughout Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and beyond. MeeshMeesh’s owner/chef Noam Bilitzer has been named as a finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best Chef: Southeast award. An information release offers […]

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Noam Bilitzer is a James Beard semifinalist for best chef in the southeast

Rewind to the summer of 2023. MeeshMeesh Mediterranean to open in August at the former Wiltshire on Market space Among other achievements in its brief history, Meesh Meesh has singlehandedly brought the word “Levantine” back to Louisville. Now the restaurant’s executive chef, Noam Bilitzer, is a semifinalist for the prestigious 2025 James Beard awards. WDRB […]

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