Sarah Gruenberg
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Since her childhood cooking with her grandparents on their ranch in Texas, Sarah Grueneberg knew she was destined to work in the culinary world. Originally from Houston, Grueneberg moved to Chicago in 2005 to join the team at the award-winning Spiaggia under the leadership of Tony Mantuano. In 2017, Grueneberg received her first James Beard Foundation Award for “Best Chef: Great Lakes.†Grueneberg has been a competitor and finalist on Bravo’s “Top Chef: Texas†and Food Network’s “Iron Chef Gauntlet.†She has also been named a “Rising Star Chef†by Chicago Social magazine in 2009 and 2016 and Eater Chicago’s “Chef of the Year†in the 2011 Eater Awards. Grueneberg is currently Chef/Partner of Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio in Chicago’s West Loop, which she opened in November 2015 with business partner and long-time friend Meg Sahs. The restaurant has received acclaimed reviews from various outlets, including three out of four stars by The Chicago Tribune. In 2016, Monteverde received accolades including: one of Food & Wine’s “America’s Best Restaurants,†a top 50 finalist in Bon Appetit’s “Best New Restaurants†list, Eater’s "21 Best New Restaurants in America,†GQ’s “12 Best New Restaurants,†Eater Chicago’s "Restaurant of the Year†in the 2016 Eater Awards, the “Worth the Wait†award in Chicago Tribune Dining Awards and named one of Chicago Magazine’s “15 Best New Restaurants.†In 2017, Monteverde was named one “America’s 38 Essential Restaurants" by Eater and then awarded “Restaurant of the Year†in the 2018 Jean Banchet Awards.
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