MICHAEL SCHLOW

ONE OF BOSTON'S TOP RESTAURANTEURS. Michael Schlow is one of the leading chefs in the United States. As executive chef and co-owner of Boston’s Radius, Via Matta, Great Bay and the recently opened Alta Strada, he has won many awards: in 1996 Food & Wine magazine named him one of their Best New Chefs, and in 2000 he won the distinguished James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef Northeast. In May 2008, Schlow will debut a second Alta Strada, an authentic Italian restaurant, at the new MGM Grand. ALTA STRADA