
Regards chef Neil Zabriskie, left, was one of eight Portland chefs and restaurateurs to win Coastal New England Rising Star awards from StarChefs. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Hospitality industry publication and tastemaker StarChefs recently named eight Portland chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs among their Coastal New England Rising Star Award winners.
The StarChefs honorees included Chef Jeremy Broucek of Bread & Friends; Arvid Brown, bartender/owner of Room for Improvement; Chef Valerie Goldman of The Honey Paw; restaurateurs Marisa Lewiecki and Jordan Rubin of Bar Futo and Mr. Tuna; Georgia Macon, pastry chef at Twelve; Chef Cyle Reynolds of Crispy Gai; and Chef Neil Zabriskie of Regards.
While the 28-year-old StarChefs has had a Rising Star awards program for decades, the Coastal New England category – with 21 winners around the region in all – is new for…