"That's Thai basil," says Ian Begg, poking at little green sticks in the sauteed mushrooms with red onions we are sharing at one of his favorite restaurants, House of Nanking, on the North Beach edge ...

Welcome to One Year In, a feature in which Eater sits down for a chat with the chefs and owners of restaurants celebrating their one year anniversary. What has worked in getting people back to this ...

He's just 26, but Ian Begg is already a 12-year veteran of the restaurant business. It's a story we hear often - kid gets an after-school restaurant job, loves the atmosphere, starts playing around in ...

Bay Area native Ian Begg has traveled around the world, cooking in countries across Europe. Now, he has brought those experiences back with him, in his dishes at Txoko. Since taking over the venerable ...

PACIFIC HEIGHTS—One of the better fine dining secrets in town is doneski, at least for the time being, as the Scoop is reporting that Cafe Majestic is losing Ian Begg, the talented young chef (funny, ...

Things were looking promising for Cafe Majestic (1500 Sutter St.), which earned three stars when it reopened in 2006 after a four-year hiatus. Then, over the summer Chronicle Rising Star chef Ian Begg ...