For someone who has had such an illustrious career, Jeremiah Tower may be the nation’s most unfortunate chef. As chef de cuisine of Chez Panisse from 1972 to 1978, he made the famed restaurant in Berkeley, California, what it was, but it’s only founder Alice Waters’ name that people associate with it. Tower founded one of the country’s best restaurants — San Francisco’s Stars — and, just like the celestial bodies it was named after, it burned the brightest before it died.