February 08, 2010

Written by: Monsieur Anton and Chef Gusteau: AT THE PASS

by atthepass (by Monsieur Anton and Chef Gusteau)

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In May of 2008, Cleveland was emerging on the culinary landscape. No longer was the North Coast nationally known as a city where pierogies and White Castle passed for fine dining. Six months prior, Michael Symon had won a Food Network competition to become an Iron Chef, and his notoriety had shone a spotlight on the other wonderful chefs in Cleveland.

This attention led Cleveland Magazine to do a feature on the chefs they named as the “Tastemakers” for the region. Shown in the above picture reprinted from that feature, these were chefs that raised the bar for our local culinary scene, placing C-town on the map. As we enter the new decade let’s take a look back at how these chefs have done since then, and look forward to the future.

Jonathon Sawyer

Michael Symon

Dante Boccuzzi

Steve Schimoler

Heather Haviland

Rocco Whalen

Annie Chu

Doug Katz

Eric Williams

Jonathon Bennett

John Kolar

Karen Small

Marlin Kaplan

Shawn Monday

Zach Bruell

Brandt Evans