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Marc Anthony Bynum of Tellers Chophouse

Originally published: August 18, 2009 3:37 PM
Updated: August 18, 2009 4:13 PM
By ERICA MARCUS  erica.marcus@newsday.com

Photo credit: Michael Nagle | Chef Marc Anthony Bynum at Tellers Chophouse at 605 Main St. in Islip. (Aug. 4, 2009)

Marc Anthony Bynum has been cooking his tail off since he was 15 and got a job at Margo & Frank's Mermaid in Freeport. "I was working the saute station on Friday and Saturday nights," he said. "It was trial by fire - literally."

Since then, Bynum has cut a wide swath through Long Island's restaurant community, working in nearly a dozen kitchens: upmarket (Four Food Studio, Melville) and down...