For These Chefs, Their Cooking Styles Started with a Mentor

Stephen Gillanders arrived in Chicago a decade ago to try out for Intro—a restaurant that served as an incubator and residency program for up-and-coming chefs. If Gillanders got the gig, it would be a huge break. After working under Jean-Georges Vongerichten for 10 years in New York, he was more than ready to prove himself as a chef with his own culinary voice. The test ran almost like a single-contestant...