Swoon Alert! S.F.'s Hottest Chefs Under 30

Photographed by Molly DeCoudreaux.
Name: Ian Begg
Age: 29
Restaurant: Txoko, Naked Lunch
Single or taken?
“Taken.”
What local chefs are you digging right now?
Leo: “I recently ate at Bushi-Tei and Michael Hung is putting out some tasty food.”
Who is your all-time (non-local) chef crush? "Julia Child."
What is your ideal first-date spot?
“Dim sum is a good place to take a first date. You can learn a lot about what kind of food boundaries they may have.”
When you want to impress your date, what do you cook them?
“Something they've never had before, prepared very well, will always be memorable.”
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