James Beard Awards 2023: Winners and Celebrations.
Two chefs at Fairchild in Madison, Wisconsin, Itaru Nagano and Andrew Kroeger, have won the Best Midwest Chef award at the 2023 James Beard Awards. Nagano and Kroeger specialize in Japanese cuisine and handmade pasta and whole-animal butchering, respectively. They aim to bring fine dining back into casual, having really good food done the right way.