Explore The CHEFS, BAKERS + BEVERAGE PROS
WHO WILL MAKE THE 2025 DENVER FOOD + WINE FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS!

Caroline Glover
Traveling Mercies, Annette

Caroline Glover is the chef and co-owner at Annette, the award-winning restaurant she opened in 2017, and Traveling Mercies, which she opened in 2024.

The 2022 James Beard Foundation Award winner for “Best Chef: Mountain,” Caroline was nominated in the same category in 2020 and earned semi-finalist nominations in 2018 and 2019.  In 2018, Annette was a semi-finalist in the “Best New Restaurant” category.

Caroline and her husband Nelson also own the oyster, cocktail and wine bar Traveling Mercies, which was a 2025 semi-finalist for the James Beard Foundation’s Best New Bar award and was named one of Esquire Magazine’s Best Bars in America in 2024. 

Caroline was also named 2024 HOSPYS Chef of the Year.