Leaders of the Latin Food Revolution

Jose Andres
You can thank this español for introducing the concept of tapas (or small plates) to the United States via a cookbook and several restaurants in Washington DC. The idea—the anti-thesis of gargantuan Cheesecake Factory portions—caught on like wildfire, but the award-winning chef will break even more new ground, opening a Mexican-Chinese fusion restaurant in the brand-new Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas in December. Meanwhile, he and his mentor, legendary Spanish chef Ferran Adriá, are teaching a course on food chemistry at Harvard.