Eva Chin Executive chef, Avling Kitchen and Brewery, Toronto

Hawaiian-born Eva Chin has cooked her way around the world, but at the heart of her cuisine is the farm in Oahu where she grew up. There, her grandmother taught her about the land and how to communicate through food, something that Chester heard loud and clear when she first dined at Momofuku’s Ko¯jin (Chin’s previous restaurant) and immediately became her biggest fan.