Laura Crucet Voted Best Chef – Greater New Mexico! CHAMBER News: The New Mexico foodie magazine Edible New Mexico announced its winners for its annual Local Hero Awards and Pig + Fig Café owner Laura Crucet was named Best Chef, Greater New Mexico! The Local Hero Awards are the “people’s choice” awards of the New Mexico food industry. An Edible Local Hero is an exceptional individual, business, or organization making a positive impact on New Mexico’s food systems. The honorees nurture their communities through food, service and socially and environmentally sustainable business practices. Edible New Mexico readers nominate and vote for their favorite local chefs, growers, artisans, advocates and other food professionals in two dozen categories.