Nancy Oakes

Chef Nancy Oakes believes that her diners need to be comforted by her food as well as
the surroundings and service. She feels that the room and food presentation should
flatter guests in a way that make each one feel personally cared for. Clearly, her customers have
felt cared for and they have spoken: she is indeed San Francisco's most beloved Chef.
Virtually every reader's poll of San Francisco Bay Area publications names Nancy Oakes as the
most popular chef, and Boulevard as the favorite restaurant in San Francisco.
Her peers have spoken also, and in 2001 Chef Nancy Oakes garnered a tremendous and
much-deserved James Beard Foundation Award, for "Best Chef in California."
Chef Nancy Oakes has reached and sustained a level of awareness and culinary
excellence held by few chefs in America today.