Joyce Goldstein (born July 17, 1935) is an American chef, who is a two time

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winner. She ran the influential

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-based restaurant Square One between 1984 and 1996.

Career

Joyce Goldstein worked as

executive chef A chef de cuisine (, French for ''head of kitchen'') or head chef is a chef that leads and manages the kitchen and chefs of a restaurant or hotel. A chef patron (feminine form ''chef patronne'') (French for ''boss chef'') or executive chef is ...

at the cafe within

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for three years. She was the founder of the first international cooking school in

, California Street Cooking School. As well as working as a chef, she taught kitchen design at the

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. Her first cookbook, ''The Mediterranean Kitchen'', was published in 1989. She has since written cookbooks on Mediterranean and

Jewish cuisine Jewish cuisine refers to the worldwide cooking traditions of the Jewish people. During its evolution over the course of many centuries, it has been shaped by Jewish dietary laws (''kashrut''), Jewish festivals and holidays, and traditions cen ...

s. Goldstein ran her restaurant Square One in San Francisco between 1984 and 1996. While there, she had a daily changing menu of

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and had an influence on the restaurant scene in the city. To celebrate Goldstein's 80th birthday in 2015, the team from Square One reformed for a single night's service.

Awards

Goldstein was added to the

s Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America in 1985. She was then nominated for specific awards on several more occasions, winning twice; first in 1993 in the General book category for ''Back to Square One: Old World Food in a New World Kitchen'', and then again the following year for Best Chef California.

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