How did Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson get his Cosmo bod? By being one of the healthiest chefs in the country.

Frasca Food & Wine's chef and co-owner Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson has amassed a number of awards for his kitchen talents, but now he's earned one for how he lives his life when he's not on the line: Food & Wine listed him as one of the country's top 10 healthiest chefs...

By Laura Shunk

August 12, 2010

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Frasca Food & Wine's chef and co-owner Lachlan MacKinnon-Patterson has amassed a number of awards for his kitchen talents, but now he's earned one for how he lives his life when he's not on the line: Food & Wine listed him as one of the country's top 10 healthiest chefs.

MacKinnon-Patterson's love of mountain biking and yoga were the activities that earned him the award, and the publication noted that the chef practices Bikram and Vinyasa five days a week.

To be fair, all that yoga already paid off for the chef: The resulting physique from all the flowing poses is likely the reason Cosmo called the man out as one of the sexiest chefs in the country earlier this year.

MacKinnon-Patterson joins ranks of healthy bods that include marathoners, bike racers, a boxer, an iron-man, and a chef who lost 125 pounds.

Laura Shunk was Westword's restaurant critic from 2010 to 2012; she's also been food editor at the Village Voice and a dining columnist in Beijing. Her toughest assignment had her drinking ten martinis and eating ten Caesar salads over the course of 48 hours. She still drinks martinis, but remains lukewarm on Caesar salads.

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