Barbara Lynch (restaurateur)

Barbara Lynch
Lynch in 2015
Born
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
Award(s) won
  • James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurateur

Barbara Lynch is an American restaurateur. In 2017, she was included in Time magazine's "Top 100 Most Influential People of the Year" for her contributions in the culinary world and her focus on local wealth creation through agronomy.

In 2014, she was the second woman to be awarded the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurateur, which honors "a working restaurateur who sets high national standards in restaurant operations and ownership."