David Kinch

David Kinch (born April 4, 1961) is an American Chef-Proprietor who operates Manresa, a restaurant in Los Gatos, California, which has been awarded three Michelin stars in 2016. Manresa has been named one of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants by Restaurant Magazine, was in America’s Top 50 Restaurants by Gourmet magazine, and has received four stars from The San Francisco Chronicle. He is also dean at The International Culinary Center, founded as The French Culinary Institute in 1984. Kinch is a winner of the Best Chef in America award for the Pacific region from the James Beard Foundation as well as GQ's Chef of the Year for 2011. Kinch's California cuisine has strong French, Catalan and Japanese influences. Kinch opened a second restaurant in Los Gatos, CA called "The Bywater," on January 12, 2016.

Kinch appeared as a guest judge along with award-winning sommelier Andre Mack on episode 4 (entitled "Daring Pairings") of Season 1 of the ABC reality show The Taste, which aired on February 12, 2013.

Kinch graduated Johnson & Wales University in 1981 Providence, Rhode Island in 1981 and began his career in New York City at the Hotel Parker Meridian, and later held an executive Chef position at La Petite Ferme. In 1984, he left to work under Marc Chevillot at the Hotel de la Poste in Beaune, France.