Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro executive chef Adam Siegel took the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Midwest at the June 8 awards ceremony in New York City.
He was up against three chefs from Minneapolis, as well as others from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
This was Siegel's second nomination for the James Beard Award, which honors the finest chefs, restaurants, journalists, cookbook authors, restaurant designers and electronic media professionals in the country. The ceremony awards honors in 52, including best restaurateur, outstanding chef, rising star chef and best new restaurant.
You can see the other winners here.
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