Philadelphia -- Michael Solomonov is the chef and co-owner of Philadelphia’s Zahav, The Rooster, Abe Fisher, Federal Donuts, Dizengoff and Goldie. He is the 2017 recipient of the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Chef, and shares two James Beard Foundation Awards— “Book of the Year” and “International” Foundation Book Awards for Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking—with business partner Steve Cook (not pictured).