Guest: Barbara Lynch
Barbara Lynch
Chef and Owner of Barbara Lynch Gruppo, a collection of Boston restaurants that include No. 9 Park, B&G Oysters, Menton, Sportello, Drink and The Butcher Shop. She is also the author of a cookbook named "Stir - Mixing It Up In the Italian Tradition." in 1998 when, as executive chef at Galleria Italiana, Barbara Lynch received Food and Wine Magazine's "Ten Best New Chefs in America" award. That same year she opened her own restaurant, No. 9 Park, a fine dining destination on Beacon Hill's Park Street. Bon Appetit named it one of the "Top 25 Best Restaurants in America." Food and Wine Magazine named No. 9 Park "Best New Restaurant." In 2003 Barbara received the James Beard Foundation accolade of "Best Chef of the Northeast." In 2006 Gourmet Magazine declared No. 9 Park one of "America's Top 50 Restaurants." In 2007 Boston Magazine named her "Best Chef." Barbara Lynch has been the subject of two documentaries, and has received the prestigious Crittendon Women's Union Amelia Earhart Award. Julia Child received that one, too.

