Michael Psilakis

Chef Michael Psilakis has been lauded for both his traditional and reinterpreted Greek menus and is responsible for putting Modern Greek cuisine on the culinary map. Psilakis has accrued many of the food world’s highest honors including Food & Wine’s Best New Chef, Chef of the Year from Bon Appetit and Esquire and a James Beard Award nomination for Best New Restaurant for Anthos, his modern Greek restaurant in New York City. He now owns Kefi and FISHTAG—both located on the Upper West Side—and MP Taverna in Roslyn, NY, Irvington, NY and Astoria, NY. He will also introduce a new concept in late 2014, which will combine MP Taverna with an authentic Greek drinking hall in Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

Psilakis was the Co-Executive Producer and Co-Star of BBC AMERICA’s original adventure cooking competition series, No Kitchen Required, which premiered in April 2012. His first cookbook, How to Roast a Lamb, a culinary tribute to his Greek heritage has gone on to win countless awards including the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Foreign Cuisine. Psilakis will release his second cookbook in 2015, LIVE TO EAT, which will highlight the deliciousness and proven health benefits of the Mediterranean diet.