Chefs

Chefs to Watch 2017: Ryan Lachaine, Riel, Houston

Amy Cavanaugh

When Ryan Lachaine was planning his Houston restaurant, he found inspiration by looking north to his homeland of Manitoba, and by going way, way back to the 19th century. In the mid-1800s, Louis Riel was a leader of Canada’s Métis, aboriginal people of mixed First Nation and European ancestry. Riel led two resistance movements that resulted in Manitoba’s founding, and his childhood home is not far from...