Two area chefs – Ben Poremba of Olio and Elaia and Cassy Vires, chef-owner of Home Wine Kitchen, – are among 10 chefs contending for Food & Wine magazine’s People’s Best New Chef: Midwest this year. The award is based on a people’s vote (as opposed to the award given by the magazine’s editors).
This is Vires’ third time to be in the running for the honor. It is the first for Poremba, also a 2014 James Beard Award semifinalist for Best Chef: Midwest.
Click here to submit your vote and bring that medal to St. Louis. Voting begins today and runs through March 31.
This article appears in Guide to Beer 2014.