CHEF JAMES BOYCE

Chef James Boyce graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and began his culinary journey at New York's venerable Le Cirque, under the tutelage of Daniel Boulud. He has since been executive chef at the Phoenician resort bringing the famed Mary Elaine’s back to national prominence with the vaulted Mobil Five-Star award, the Loews Coronado Bay Resort, and Studio, at the Montage Resort in Laguna Beach, California.

After earning a second Mobil Five-Star award this year for Studio, he has opened his own restaurant, Cotton Row, in Huntsville, Alabama. He hosts a regular cooking segment on the Today show and has been featured in magazines from Cooking Light to Men's Health.