Matthew Lightner

Matthew Lightner is the former executive chef of Atera in New York City, a recipient of two Michelin stars. In 2010, Lightner was named one of the "Best New Chefs in America" by Food & Wine.[1][2][3]

Matthew Lightner
Born1980
Culinary career
Cooking styleContemporary American
Websiteateranyc.com

Career

Lightner was born in Norfolk, Nebraska in 1980. Lightner graduated with high honors from Portland's Western Culinary Institute[4] in 2001. He trained at Noma in Copenhagen, Denmark until 2009, before moving back to the U.S.[3][5][6]

In 2009, he began working at Castegna in Portland, Oregon. He returned to Portland in 2018.[7]

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See also

  • List of Michelin starred restaurants

References

  1. "Michelin Star Recipients - 2013". OpenTable. Archived from the original on January 23, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  2. "Matthew Lightner". Atera. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. Platt, Adam (April 27, 2012). "A Feast in Disguise". New York Magazine. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  4. "Rising Star Chef Matt Lightner of Atera - Biography". StarChefs. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. "Introducing: Matthew Lightner". New York Magazine. March 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  6. "Matt Lightner". Best New Chefs. Food & Wine. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  7. Brooks, Karen (November 20, 2018). "Celebrated Chef Matt Lightner to Star at Holiday's Plant-Based Pop-Up Dinner Series". The Portland Monthly. Retrieved 1 March 2019.


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