Lydia Shire Award-Winning Chef & Restauranteur
Lydia Shire, The extraordinary James Beard Award-Winning, pioneering Chef who blazed the “First Female Executive Chef” trail at the Four Seasons, Beverly Hills, while learning the trade from her mentor and “best cook friend,” the legendary Jasper White. Lydia started cooking with her father at the age of four, was educated at Le Cordon Bleu in London, and has gone on to become a renowned restauranteur with a cult-like following craving her cuisine. Under Lydia’s ownership, Gourmet ranked Boston’s Locke-Ober, “the 18th-best restaurant in the country,” one of a “must-visit restaurant in your lifetime.” Scampo, her restaurant in the Liberty Hotel, is both a local favorite and a destination for global travelers to New England.