Chef Wine Knowledge

How important is wine knowledge to a chef? Eater wine editor Talia Baiocchi posed the question to five prominent chefs around the country, including Le Pigeon's Gabriel Rucker, who collaborates with sommelier Andy Fortgang on the wine program. "Learning about wines has definitely helped me as a chef and restaurant owner," Rucker says. "Wine is such a big part of the experience that people have when they come to eat that I would be an idiot not to want to understand that aspect of my businesses." [-EN-]