Best Chef: Great Lakes, presented by James Beard Foundation
No JBF awards presented in 2020 or 2021; category includes IL, IN, MI and OH.
James Beard Foundation
Name Year
Hajime Sato 2024
Tim Flores * 2023
Genie Kwon * 2023
Erick Williams 2022
Johnny Clark * 2019
Beverly Kim * 2019
Abraham Conlon 2018
Sarah Grueneberg 2017
Curtis Duffy 2016
Jonathon Sawyer 2015
David Beran 2014
Stephanie Izard 2013
Bruce Sherman 2012
Alex Young 2011
Koren Grieveson 2010
Michael Symon 2009
Carrie Nahabedian 2008
Grant Achatz 2007
* shared award