October has been a big month for upper-tier chef turnover in the East Bay. First there was the high-profile revelation by the Chronicle’s Inside Scoop blog that Jeremy Waag would be taking over David Tanis’ co-chef role at Chez Panisse starting next summer. Waag is a busboy-turned-sous chef, but his upward arc isn’t exactly groundbreaking; Panisse has a long-standing democratic tradition of discovering and promoting internal talent.
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