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Best Chef: Great Lakes, presented by James Beard Foundation

No JBF awards presented in 2020 or 2021; category includes IL, IN, MI and OH.

Name	Year
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
* award was shared