Barbara Lynch is proprietress of No. 9 Park restaurant, which has been listed among the top new restaurants in America by both Bon Appetit and Travel & Leisure magazines. Lynch has twice been nominated as "Best Chef Northeast" by the James Beard Foundation. She has been on many television shows and has had many articles published about her by The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Esquire, and Time. Her cuisine is a blend of her Italian cooking background and French preparation techniques, resulting in a taste that is uniquely her own. She maintains great pride in her South Boston roots.