Sau ɗaya a wani lokaci, "Yankunan Great Lakes" James Beard Awards ya kasance daidai da Chicago. Yawancin abubuwa sun canza a cikin sabuwar Millennium. Wani wuri wanda ya samo wasu daga cikin canji shine Cleveland. Na farko shi ne Rocco Whalen (2004), sa'an nan Michael Symon (2009), sa'an nan kuma Jonathon Sawyer (2015).
Kyautar James Beard kawai ta tabbatar da abin da Clevelanders ya riga ya sani: Sawyer, wanda matarsa Amelia ta mallaki Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat, da kuma Trentina, shugaban ne wanda ba a rasa gidajen cin abinci ba.
Chef Sawyer ya kara wutansa a ƙarƙashin shugabanninsu biyu, Charlie Palmer da 'yan'uwan Cleveland, Symon, wanda shi ne na farko da ya yabe shi a fili lokacin da ya lashe James Beard. Daga cikin 'yan wasansa shi ne Andrew Zimmerman Minnesota.
Johnathon Sawyer ya zauna ya yi magana game da gidajen cin abinci da kuma garin Midwest da ya fi so, Cleveland.
Marcia Frost: Yana da ban mamaki don lashe kyautar James Beard don cin abinci a garinku. Bayyana lokacin da ka gano.
Jonathon Sawyer: Samun kyautar ya ba ni duniya. Na yanke shawarar barin NYC shekaru da yawa da suka wuce don tada iyali. Gina gidan cin abinci ya kasance babban haɗari ga wani matashi kuma kyautar ta ba ni alfaharin cewa zan iya cim ma duk abin da na cim ma a garin na Cleveland.
Na lashe kyautar (a wani bikin) a Birnin Chicago. Ba na ainihi a nan sunana lokacin da suka sanar da shi ba. Ya ɗauki na biyu don duk don danna.
Matata ta buge ni a kafada kuma na ce na yi nasara. Ba na tunawa da sauran mutane ba tare da jin dadi da godiya ba.
MF: A ina ne ra'ayin don Brick & Mortar Pop-ups ya fito daga?
JS: Ba zamu yi Brick & Mortar Pop Ups ba, amma ya kasance daga sha'awar kawo masarautar gari daga wasu biranen don ganin garinmu mai kyau Cleveland da kuma kyale CLE ga cin hanci daga ko'ina cikin kasar.
MF: Ka yi aiki da horar da Michael Symon . Yanzu kuna da gidajen cin abinci kusa da juna, kuna jin damuwa?
JS: Ba komai ba. Mu ne daban-daban chefs kuma shi ne daya daga cikin mafi kyau abokai da kuma jagoranci. Ina alfaharin zama shi maƙwabcinmu a gidana da kuma gidanmu. Yana zaune a titi daga iyalinmu.
MF: Jam'iyyar Republican tana zuwa Cleveland wannan lokacin rani. Kuna yin wani abu na musamman tare da taron?
JS: Babu canje-canje. Kawai ci gaba da cin abinci mai kyau, amma Ni ne Shugaban Kwamitin RNC wanda ban iya tattauna ba.
MF: Shin kowane dan takarar shugaban kasa zai ci abinci a gidajen cin abinci naka?
JS: Ba na gaske a 'yanci na ce :)
MF: Mene ne wuraren da kake so a ci a Cleveland, banda gidajen cin abinci naka?
JS: (Michael Symon's) Lolita wata rana ce da ta fi son matar da ni.
MF: Menene kuke so ku yi a Clevelandwhen kuna da lokaci kyauta?
JS: Ku rabu da matata, Amelia, da yara, Catcher da Louisiana. Ina son yin hijira da damuwa kuma ku ciyar da rana a cikin ɗayan gidajen tarihi na ban mamaki kamar Ƙungiyar Ɗauki ta Kofin Kasa na Cleveland.
MF: Duk wuraren da kake son tafiya?
JS: Ina so in hau kan motar MLK zuwa tafkin. Ina iya yin wannan sau uku a mako. Ina so in zauna a kan tafkin lake kuma in tattara tunani na, rubuta girke-girke, ko yin tunani. Ina jin dadin tafiya a Chagrin Reservation. Ina son yin tafiya tare da yara a kan tsaunin kogin Squires Castle kuma ina so in yi tafiya tare da iyalina a Towpath.
Duba Hipmunk don shirya tafiya zuwa Cleveland.