Bruce Hill - The Chef's Press

San Francisco-based Chef Bruce Hill’s goals are simple: cook with the best seasonal ingredients, employ and teach great technique. Hill’s first job was at Stars under Chef Jeremiah Tower 1985. From there, Hill worked as a chef at Aqua, Oritalia and in 2002 became a partner at Bix. Hill opened Picco and Pizzeria Picco in 2005, and Zero Zero in SOMA in 2010. Hill invented the Chefs Press in 2007, Initially licensing it to Williams Sonoma. Hill brought production of Chefs Press back to the US in 2018, Making the tool in Oakland Ca, using US made stainless steel. He currently sells The Chefs Press out of his house in the Alamo Square neighborhood in San Francisco, and does consulting for wood fired pizza concepts and restaurant operations.