The James Beard Foundation, a foundation known for honoring chefs, is now investigating them.
It's a process that has changed over time, but Chef Christopher Gross at Christopher's at the Wrigley Mansion, remembers vividly.
"There was this secret list that went out that a group of people all over the United States picked 20 names in the region, and they sent that out, and then people who had won the award before – great chefs, great writers, journalists – you get to vote up to five in that 20 as long as you've been to the restaurant to eat," he said."It's like the Academy Awards, you're sitting at the edge of your seat wanting to win," he said.
"Back then, it was really the acknowledgment of your peers, people you admire, chefs you think are great," Gross said.at their restaurant is changing how chefs view this award. "I would think if I got another award I would probably just tear it and put it in there," Gross said."We have people here in my restaurant that are with me for 27 years, 25 years, 26, 19, 10 years… this will tell you how I treat my people," said Giovanni Scorzo, chef at Andreoli Italian Grocer.
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