Chicago's culinary greats among 2017 James Beard Award finalists
Posted March 14, 2017 11:00 pm
The James Beard Award Foundation today announced the finalists for its 2017 awards recognizing outstanding achievements in the culinary industry. The winners will be announced May 1 at a gala awards ceremony at Chicago's Civic Opera House. The awards ceremony will be held in Chicago through 2021.
In the best chef category for the Great Lakes region the nominees from Chicago are:
• Abraham Conlon, Fat Rice
• Sarah Grueneberg, Monteverde
• Beverly Kim and Johnny Clark, Parachute
• Lee Wolen, Boka
• Erling Wu-Bower, Nico Osteria
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