Atlanta's Steven Satterfield Wins James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southeast 2017

ATLANTA, GA --Atlanta chef Steven Satterfield of Miller Union has won the 2017 James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Southeast, Patch has learned. The winners were announced Monday night at the James Beard Foundation's chef and restaurant awards gala.

Satterfield's crown brings the title back to Atlanta for the first time in half a decade. The award, which included chefs from Georgia Kentucky, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia, is widely regarded as the restaurant industry's highest honor. To put it another way, Atlanta has (finally) won the culinary Super Bowl.

Chef Ryan Smith, who helms Staplehouse on Edgewood Avenue, was also a nominee for the prestigious award. The local firm Meyer Davis won best restaurant design / renovation for their work on St. Cecilia in Atlanta.

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The the James Beard Foundation Awards Gala was held at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Final nominees were announced March 15 in Los Angeles.
The James Beard Awards have been around since 1990, honoring the nation's top chefs and recognizing culinary excellence.

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