Rick and Deann Bayless of Frontera Grill - image courtesy Beard Foundation
Winners were announced for the James Beard Awards and Chicago represented:
Humanitarian of the Year: Art Smith (Common Threads)
Best Chef Great Lakes: Grant Achatz (Alinea)
Outstanding Restaurant: Rick and Deann Bayless (Frontera Grill)
Outstanding Service: Rick Tramonto, Gale Gand, and Richard Melman (Tru)
We’ve done podcast interviews with three of the four, listen for an inside look on the success of these local chefs:



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