Chicago Behind-The-Scenes Photos

Gala Tasting | Honorees Dinner | ' How to Make it ' Chef Panel

Gala Tasting at Fairmont Hotel

Rising Star Pastry Chef Tara Lane of Blackbird	Cannelloni of Brandade, Piquillo Pepper Puree, Black Olives from Rising Star Chef Todd Stein of mk	Rising Star Pastry Chef Mindy Segal of HOTCHOCOLATE
Rising Star Chef Graham Elliot Bowles of Avenues at the Peninsula	Rising Star Chef Homaro Cantu of Moto	Homaro Cantu's Fifty Dollar Maki
Dwight Casimere, Food and Entertainment Editor of The Times Weekly (pictured right)	Siobhan Flaherty of Flaherty Events and Alison Nadler of StarChefs.com	Jason Hammel and Lea Tshild's Rushing Waters Rainbow Trout from Lula Cafe
Cary Miller of Food Industry News and Greg Intlekofer of Nespresso	Rising Star Bar Chef Adam Seger of Nacional 27	Astrid Scalbert of Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte, National Sponsor of the Rising Stars Revue
Vineyard 7 & 8, National Sponsor of the Rising Star Sommelier award	A guest checks out the Jade Range for raffle	Chefs Michael Kornick of the N9ne Group and Tony Mantuano of Spiaggia with Antoinette Bruno of StarChefs.com
Rising Star Sommelier Fernando Beteta of NoMi	Chris Hall of Long Meadow Ranch	Antoinette Bruno, CEO of StarChefs.com, with Bill Reynolds of Washburne Culinary Institute, and Lex Poulos of Jade Range
Rising Star Chef Missy Robbins of Spiaggia (pictured left) with her staff	Rising Stars Host Chef Noah Bekofsky of aria at the Fairmont Hotel	Cooks from Japonais frying up Chef Gene Kato's Japanese Cheese Puffs
Phil Sgroi of Espiritu del Ecuador, National Sponsor of the Rising Stars Pastry Chef Awards	Bill Reynolds of Washburne Culinary Institute and Lex Poulos of Jade Range select a raffle winner	Music performed by the Matt Holman Group
Amy Tarr, Associate Editor of StarChefs.com, with Delores Concepcion and Cort Kinker of Pernod, Sponsor of the Rising Star Bar Chef Award	Antoinette Bruno and Rising Star Chef Paul Virant of Vie	Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte, National Sponsor of the Rising Stars Revue

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Honorees Dinner at Bella Lounge

Rising Stars Paul Virant, Tara Lane, Elliot Bowles, Missy Robbins, and Todd Stein	Missy Robbins, Lea Tshilds and Tara Lane	Phil Sgroi of Espiritu del Ecuador and Chef Jason Hammel of Lula Cafe
Amy Tarr with Chef Brian Jupiter of Bella Lounge	Todd Stein and Elliot Bowles

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' How to Make it ' Chef Panel at Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts

Rising Star Chef Jason Hammel of Lula Cafe	Rising Star Chef Missy Robbins of Spiaggia	Rising Star Chef Todd Stein of mk (pictured right)
Rising Star Chef Graham Elliot Bowles of Avenues	Rising Star Chef Lea Tshilds of Lula Cafe	Antoinette Bruno, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of StarChefs.com
Rising Star Chef Gene Kato of Japonais	Student, Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts	Chef Chris Koetke, Dean of Kendall College, School of Culinary Arts
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