The exceptional talents of nearly 400 Food & Wine's Best New Chefs over the years, including culinary giants like Thomas Keller (class of 1988), Roy Choi (class of 2010), and Nina Compton (class of 2017), have provided a treasure trove of remarkable and fool-proof recipes. Ranging from Japanese street-food favorites to roast chicken with grapes and garlic, these recipes are specifically designed for easy weeknight meals, big on flavor, minus the hassle of a restaurant reservation.

One of the note-worthy recipes includes 2000 F&W Best New Chef Takashi Yagihashi’s savory stir-fried noodles, a beloved Japanese street-food option, combine noodles, thin rib-eye slices, and veggies, all cooked up in a sweet and savory sauce within just 20 minutes.

2017 F&W Best New Chef Angie Mar’s uncomplicated yet elegant roast chicken recipe, involving grapes, garlic, and rosemary, is something you don’t want to miss. Served with crispy bread to soak up the appetizing pan sauce, this meal is the epitome of simplicity meeting elegance.

Chef Andrew Carmellini, who was named 2000 F&W Best New Chef, offers a mouth-watering spaghetti twirling in the flavors of unique wine-and-fennel marinade, which transforms store-bought Italian sausage into a fresh soppressata forming the base for a rich, flavorful tomato sauce.

Our list of fantastic chefs doesn’t stop here. 1988 F&W Best New Chef Thomas Keller from The French Laundry in Yountville, California, brings a classic chicken recipe that goes the extra mile with a quick brown butter, lemon, parsley, and caper sauce served over panko-breaded chicken cutlets to enhance the flavor quotient.

2007 F&W Best New Chef Steve Corry blessed us with an effortless and savory branzino recipe. Stuff fish with lemon and rosemary and roast it whole for a flawless main dish ready in just about 25 minutes. The accompanying caper-parsley compound butter enhances the taste.

The list goes on with an array of spectacular dishes from top chefs such as Linton Hopkins, Edgar Rico, Roy Choi, Terrance Brennan, Suzanne Goin, Misti Norris, Missy Robbins, April Bloomfield, Nite Yun, Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison, Katie Button, Douglass Williams, George Mendes, Nina Compton, Ricardo Zarate, Cathal Armstrong, Marc Vetri, Jose Enrique, and Rocko Dispirito.

Each expertly crafted recipe shared by these kitchen maestros makes home-cooking a breeze, while filling your plates with gastronomical delights. So, roll up your sleeves and be ready to churn out delectable dishes without so much as breaking a sweat.