Vienna Chef Tim Ma: DC's 'Hottest Chef'

The "hottest chef" in the Washington, DC region, according to its restaurant-goers, is Vienna's own Tim Ma.

And now, the owner of Maple Ave Restaurant has a chance at taking the Northeast divison title too.

Ma came out on top of several rounds of voting late last week in Eater DC's search for the most attractive chef in the region.

In the final vote, Ma beat out chef Bryan Voltaggio — of Volt and Range, among others — in a 54.9 to 45.1 percent vote. 

For the full voting results, check out Eater DC's semifinal and final polls.

, opened Maple Ave Restaurant with fiancée and co-owner Joey Hernandez three and a half years ago.

Since then, the pair has picked up plenty of awards, for everything from green business practices to their approach to food, and earlier this year, for being one of Washington's Top 100 resaurants.

But until now, they haven't earned anything quite like an honor based on Ma's looks.

Hernandez said Ma was nominated when Eater DC put out a call for the competition last week. He made it through several rounds of competition before arriving at the finals. 

Now, he'll face chefs from New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Maine for Eater's Northeast Division Title.

Voting is open until 10 a.m. Tuesday — vote for the Vienna chef here.

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