FORMER LAVO CHEF NAMED TIME’S CHEF OF THE FUTURE

Ludo Lefebvre has plenty of admirers. Jonathan Gold, the country’s most respected restaurant critic, is a fan. So are millions of Top Chef: Masters devotees, who find the tattooed young French chef either downright dreamy or totally insufferable — or both. He has won Mobile 5-Star awards at two previous restaurants. And his current eatery, Ludo Bites, is one of the most popular and in-demand in Los Angeles.