Blackbird and Sepia cleaned up, you could say, at the 2010 Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence, announced Friday night at the Fairmont Chicago. Congratulations to them and all the winners:
Best sommelier: Scott Tyree, Sepia
Best rising pastry chef: Stephanie Prida, Blackbird
Best rising chef: Michael Sheerin, Blackbird
Best celebrity pastry chef: Cindy Schuman, Sepia
Best celebrity chef: Rick Bayless, Frontera Grill/Topolobampo/Xoco
Best neighborhood restaurant: Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo
Best fine dining: Vie, Paul Virant
Sun-Times Food editor Janet Rausa Fuller is always thinking about her next meal.
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