Tony, Serene Greenwich, Connecticut, is home to numerous CEOs, some of whom may be as intelligent, organized and resourceful as Lucy Williams. At age 13, Lucy is the CEO, CFO and creative director of Kidz Kitchen, a summer cooking camp for first and second graders.
"I love to cook," says Lucy, a serious seventh grader in braids and pearl earrings, with eyes the same unearthly blue as the water in her backyard swimming pool. "I look at cookbooks, magazines, cooking shows and Web sites. I really like Rachael Ray's show Tasty Travels. I also like Iron Chef America and Barefoot Contessa. My favorite is Top Chef; it's kind of like American Idol."
Nobody is lukewarm about oysters, especially when they're served raw on the half shell. There are lovers and there are haters.
It may sound strange that an award-winning Japanese restaurant like Zuma is helmed by someone who is not a qualified sushi chef, but for culinary master and entrepreneur Rainer Becker, the knowledge is more important than the craft.