In 2002, Aiden Byrne at age 22, was the youngest chef to earn a Michelin star, while working at Adlards restaurant in Norwich, England. Since then, he’s run his own ventures and cooked at other noted restaurants across the UK. Byrne refuses to be pigeon holed, but says be cooks with British, seasonal produce in the classical way he’s been trained. He does admit to a favorite ingredient — globe artichokes — which can be “robust and delicate at the same time.” Read Who Cares? about the struggle for dignity at Woodruff Home for the Aged, “a lively place where old people go to die.” Learn more about the book and its characters, aged 9-90, in NOVELS.

The youngest Michelin-starred chef is a fan of globe artichokes

Woodruff Home for the Aged, a lively place where old people go to die