Exciting News: The James Beard Foundation just announced the seminfinalists for the 2010 James Beard Chef and Restaurant Awards, taking place in NYC on May 3, 2010. Spiaggia is a semifinalist for the Outstanding Restaurant and Outstanding Service categories. Its Not a bad way to end our 25th Anniversary year! We’ll be waiting patiently until March 22 to see if we made the top 5 for each category. In the meantime see the full list of semifinialists here: http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2010_SEMIFINALISTS_FINAL.pdf.
The SPI BLOG is a window into Spiaggia, Chicago's only four-star Italian Restaurant. Chefs Tony Mantuano, Sarah Grueneberg and the Spiaggia team will blog about the day-to-day routines at a critically acclaimed restaurant, whether they're crafting the perfect tasting menu, sourcing new wine producers, traveling the globe, arranging special occasion dinners or breaking exclusive news.
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James Beard Award-Winner and Top Chef Master Chef/Partner Tony Mantuano @TonyMantuano
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Sommelier Jason Carlen @jjcarlen
Executive Sous Chef Chris Marchino @ChrisMarchino
Sous Chef Aaron Diener @AaronDiener