More than 2,000 of your votes came in for San Francisco's favorite rising culinary star in this year's Your City, Your Chef poll in partnership with Sapporo. We're excited to reveal that this year's winner is...

CHEF ALEXANDER ALIOTO of Seven Hills.

To celebrate, 7x7 and Sapporo will curate a private reception with a select group of fans who voted for Chef Alexander during our contest, and the event will be featured in an upcoming issue of 7x7!

Until then, congratulations to Chef Alexander and Seven Hills. To see all the very-worthy 2012 nominees, click here.