Selden Standard pastry chef honored by Food & Wine as one of America's best

Detroit Free Press staff

Lena Sareini, pastry chef at celebrated Midtown restaurant Selden Standard, has been named to Food & Wine magazine's list of the 10 Best New Chefs in America.

The Dearborn native, a 2013 graduate of Schoolcraft College's baking and pastry arts program, joined Selden Standard in 2015 soon after its opening. She has been a James Beard Awards semifinalist on several occasions in the Rising Star Chef of the Year category.

Lena Sareini, right, with chef Marcus Samuelsson, host of PBS's "No Passport Required." Samuelsson visited Detroit in 2018 to explore local Middle Eastern food.

Sareini and Food & Wine's other top chefs will be featured in the July issue of the magazine, which will be on sale June 19. You can see the list of winners now at https://www.foodandwine.com/chefs/food-wine-best-new-chefs-2020.

For 30-plus years, the Food & Wine list has been recognizing future culinary stars early in their careers. Tom Colicchio, Michael Symon and Stephanie Izard were among those honored in previous years.