Andy Husbands, the award-winning chef/owner of Tremont 647, has been enticing patrons with his adventurous American cuisine at the South End neighborhood restaurant and bar for well more than a decade. A James Beard “Best Chef” semi-finalist, Husbands competed in the sixth season of Fox Television Network’s Hell’s Kitchen with Gordon Ramsay. When he’s not in the kitchen or working with his favorite charities, Husbands is on the BBQ trail with his award-winning team, iQUE. His first cookbook, The Fearless Chef, is currently in its second printing.
Chris Hart, winner of the Jack Daniel’s Invitational World Championship in 2009, has dominated the competition BBQ circuit for the past 10 years with his team, iQUE. The team were the first northerners in barbecue history to win a World Championship. Hart spends his days developing software, but his passion for cooking barbecue has him following the competition BBQ trail on weekends, pitting his talents against the best pitmasters in the U.S. In 2010, Hart cooked an elaborate barbecue tasting menu at the James Beard House in NYC. In 2011, he competed in the Food Network’s inaugural season of Best in Smoke.
Andrea Pyenson has been writing about food for more than a decade and enjoying it for a lot longer than that. Her writing about food and travel has appeared in The Boston Globe, edible Boston, edible Cape Cod, msn.com, oneforthetable.com, The Washington Post, and Fine Cooking, among others. Pyenson was associate editor of The Boston Globe Illustrated New England Seafood Cookbook and assistant editor of 52 Weeks Cheap Eats: Dining Deals in Greater Boston.