Tony Messina Explained

Tony Messina is a Boston area chef who won the 2019 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef in the Northeast. The East Boston native was the executive chef and partner at Ken Oringer’s restaurant Uni.,[1] [2] Messina was a semifinalist in 2017 and a nominee in 2018 in the same category. He finally won in 2019.

He was valedictorian of his class at the Cambridge Culinary School.[3]

In 2021, he moved to Los Angeles.[4]

References

  1. News: Cain . Jacqueline . Uni's Tony Messina Is the James Beard Foundation's Best Chef: Northeast for 2019 . 30 November 2020 . Boston Magazine . May 7, 2019.
  2. News: First . Deeva . Tony Messina of Uni wins James Beard award for Best Chef: Northeast . 30 November 2020 . The Boston Globe . May 7, 2019.
  3. News: Lynch . John . Eastie Native Receives Prestigious James Beard Culinary Award . 30 November 2020 . East Boston Times-Free,Press . May 16, 2019.
  4. News: Doyle . Terrence . Uni Chef and Co-Owner Tony Messina Is Stepping Down and Moving to Los Angeles . 7 November 2022 . Eater Boston . April 8, 2021.

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