Chef
Jessica Largey

Los Angeles

About Jessica Largey

Jessica Largey is the chef/partner at the restaurant Simone, in downtown Los Angeles. Before venturing on her own, she spent four years as chef de cuisine at Manresa. She took home a James Beard Award for the nation’s Rising Star Chef, making her the first California chef to win that award since Timothy Hollingsworth, then of the French Laundry, in 2010.

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My Venues

Simone
449 S Hewitt St
Los Angeles, CA

Accolades

Nominee for Rising Star Chef
James Beard Foundation
Rising Star Chef
San Francisco Chronicle

30 Under 30
Zagat Survey
ChefsFeed Winner
One of the Best Things to Eat in SF

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Where I Go Out

Smoked lentils, satsuma and pumpkin dish

Plant Food and Wine

$$, Outdoor Seating, Vegetarian / Vegan, Reservations, Venice

"Recipe testing smoked lentils, satsuma and pumpkin dish for this Sunday's guest chef dinner at @plantfoodandwine in Venice. Still some seats available, ticket link in bio!"

$$, Outdoor Seating, Café, Bakery, Breakfast, Mission Dolores

"The individual banana cream tart is so rich and gluttonous. It's best eaten at a picnic in Dolores Park up the street."

$, Café, Coffee Shop, So Ma

"Sightglass' mocha is not sweet at all and the cocoa adds such a complex contrast to the espresso."

$, Outdoor Seating, Desserts, Ice Cream, Mission Dolores

"Bi-Rite Creamery's Ricanelas ice cream is made with Snickerdoodle cookies. This is ice cream done well."

Chef

Jessica Largey

Simone Restaurant

Carne asada super burrito

Taqueria El Farolito

$, Mexican, Tacos, Burritos, Mission

"This is the best late-night snack in SF. The line moves quickly and the green salsa is a must. I go to the one on 24th and Mission."

$$, Happy Hour, Reservations, Full Bar, Thai, Tenderloin

"This is a deep, rich curry with burnt shallots and bone-in beef shank. It's one of my favorite Thai dishes and this is the best version of massaman nong lai outside of Thailand by far."

Chef

Jessica Largey

Simone Restaurant

ChefJessica Largey

Los Angeles

About Jessica Largey

My Venues

Accolades

Where I Go Out

Chef
Jessica Largey