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It’s that time of year. The nominees for chef and restaurant excellence are out for the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards. And we’ve got some local nominees.
- First up, the Outstanding Restaurateur category: Amy and Jason Kerstein, Joe Muench, and Dan Snider, Black Shoe Hospitality (Story Hill BKC and Buttermint Finer Dining & Cocktails) Buttermint – whose other siblings are Maxie’s and Blue’s Egg – opened in late 2021
- Best New Restaurant. Here, we have Lupi & Iris as a semifinalist. The restaurant, whose co-owner is James Beard Award winning chef Adam Siegel, opened in spring of 2022.
- Best Chef: Midwest. Of the 20 nominees, we have two from Milwaukee: Dan Jacobs and Dan Van Rite of EsterEv (which shares space with the Dans other restaurant, Dandan), and Gregory León, Amilinda
The finalists will be announced on March 29. And the awards will be presented on Monday, June 5.
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