Feld Chef Jake Potashnick Is Chicago's Newest James Beard Award Winner

Feld Chef Jake Potashnick Is Chicago's Newest James Beard Award Winner

CHICAGO — Chicago has a new James Beard Award winner: Jake Potashnick, who was named Best Chef in the Great Lakes region. Potashnick received the honor — the only Chicago chef to take home a win — at the 36th annual James Beard Awards Monday night at the Lyric Opera House in Downtown Chicago, 20 N. Wacker Drive. Potashnick is behind Feld, a 20-seat “relationship-to-table restaurant” in Ukrainian Village that sources most of its ingredients from …

Chicago sees one winner at the 2026 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards

At the 2026 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards, the highest culinary honors in the United States, Jacob Potashnick, chef and owner of Feld, was the city's sole winner at Monday night's ceremony at Lyric Opera.

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The 2026 James Beard Awards are here. Everything you need to know about the food world’s big night.

This story will be updated.The annual James Beard Awards return tonight to Chicago. The so-called “Oscars of the food world” will take place at Downtown’s Lyric Opera House, beginning with culinary stars from across the country walking the red carpet.While the ceremony is sold out, food lovers can tune into the event from home, via a livestream on Bon Appétit’s website. The awards get underway at 6 p.m., but you can follow coverage of the red ca…

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