The Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists for the 2020 James Beard Foundation Awards was announced today. Congrats to ALL and especially to our dear Restaurant and Chef friends in Chicago. The Chicago semifinalists are listed below.
Chicago Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists
Best New Restaurant
Thattu
Tzuco
Outstanding Bar Program
Lost Lake
Outstanding Chef (Presented By All-Clad Metalcrafters)
Sarah Grueneberg, Monteverde
Outstanding Pastry Chef (Presented by Lavazza)
Emily Spurlin, Lula Café
Outstanding Restaurant (Presented by S. Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water)
Boka
Outstanding Wine Program
Spiaggia
Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Producer
Marika Josephson and Aaron Kleidon, Scratch Brewing Company, Ava, IL
Rising Star Chef of the Year (Presented by S. Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water)
Alisha Elenz, MFK/Bar Biscay
Jeanine Lamadieu, Yugen
Best Chef: Great Lakes (Presented by Capital One)
Thai Dang, HaiSous
Brian Jupiter, Frontier
Gene Kato, Momotaro
Jason Hammel, Lula Café
Ethan Pikas, Cellar Door Provisions
Noah Sandoval, Oriole
John Shields and Karen Urie Shields, Smyth
Mariya Russell, Kikko
Erick Williams, Virtue
Lee Wolen, Boka
Good luck to all the semi-finalists! The nominees as well as the nominations for the Media and Restaurant Design awards will be announced live, on Wednesday March 25th. Tickets to ALL #jbfa ceremonies will go on sale, Wednesday March 24th. You can reserve your seats for the James Beard Awards Gala on May 4 in Chicago, the media awards on April 24th in NYC, and more. www.jamesbeard.org
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