Friday, May 8, 2009

Michael Symon Wins Best Chef Award from Beard Foundation


Cleveland's own "Iron Chef" Michael Symon has won another honor, and this one is huge.

The owner of the Lola and Lolita restaurants in Cleveland has received a James Beard award as Best Chef in the Great Lakes region.

The prestigious Beard awards -- considered to be the Oscars of the food world -- honor those who follow in the footsteps of James Beard, a chef considered to be the dean of American cooking when he died in 1985.

Symon was crowned the "Next Iron Chef" in a 2007 competition for the TV Food Network.

New York restaurateur Dan Barber was named the nation's top overall chef Monday by the James Beard Foundation.

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