Young Guns 2014

At the tender age of 23, Johnny Ortiz is the youngest of this year's Eater Young Guns semifinalists, but that hasn't kept him from ascending to the sous-chef job at Saison. Get to know him in his Eater National interview, where he talks about how he got hired at Alinea at age 19, why Saison is a more relaxed work environment than Alinea, and his goal to open a restaurant in his native New Mexico. [~ EN ~]