TYLER KORD is chef-owner of the No. 7 restaurant group. He graduated from Oberlin College with a BA in English before attending the French Culinary Institute, where he stayed on to be sous chef to Alain Sailhac for four years. He then worked as sous chef at Jean Georges Vongerichten’s restaurant Perry St. before opening No. 7, which was named one of the top 10 new restaurants in the country by Bon Appétit.