I kekahi manawa,ʻo ka "Great Lakes Region"ʻo James Beard Awards i hele like me Chicago. Ua loli ka nui i ka Millennium hou. ʻO kahi ma kahi i hoʻomaka ai i kekahi o ka hoʻololiʻanaʻo Cleveland. ʻO Rocco Whalen (2004), a lailaʻo Michael Symon (2009), a lailaʻo Jonathon Sawyer (2015).
Ua hoʻokumu ponoʻo James Beard Award i ka lāhui i ka mea a Clevelanders iʻike ai:ʻo Sawyer,ʻo ia a me kāna wahineʻo Amelia nā kuleana.
Ua hoʻonuiʻo Chef Sawyer i kāna pahi ma lalo oʻelua mau mō'ī kaulana loa,ʻo Charlie Palmer a me ke kanakaʻo Cleveland,ʻo Symon, kekahi o nā mea mua e mahalo iā ia i ka lanakilaʻana iā James Beard. Ma waena o kona mau mea hoʻokūkū,ʻo Andrew Zimmermanʻo Minnesota.
Ua nohoʻo Johnathon Sawyer e kamaʻilio e pili ana i kona hale haleʻaina a me kāna kūlanakauhale Midwest punaheleʻo Cleveland.
Marcia Frost: He mea kupaianaha ia e loaʻa i ka makanaʻo James Beard no nā haleʻaina ma kou kūlanakauhale pono'ī. E wehewehe i ka manawa āu iʻike ai.
Jonathon Sawyer:ʻO ka loaʻaʻana o ka hōʻailonaʻo ke ao nei iaʻu. Ua hoʻoholo au e haʻalele i ka NYC i nā makahiki he nui aku nei e hānai i koʻuʻohana. ʻO ka weheʻana i kahi haleʻaina he mea nui loa ia no kahi'ōpiopio'ōpio aʻo ka hōʻailona wau i haʻaheo loa ai i hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokō i nā mea a pau aʻu i hana ai ma koʻu kūlanakauhaleʻo Cleveland.
Ua lanakila wau ma ka hoʻolālā (ma kekahi hanana) ma Chicago. ʻAʻole wau iʻaneʻi i koʻu inoa i ko lākou haʻiʻana. Ua laweʻo ia i ka lua no ka mea e pāʻani.
Ua hahau mai kuʻu wahine iaʻu ma ka poʻohiwi a'ōlelo aku ua lanakila wau. ʻAʻole wau e hoʻomanaʻo i ka mea'ē aʻe ma mua o ka manaʻo o ka hauʻoli a me ka mahalo.
D: Ma hea i puka mai ai ka manaʻo no nā Brick & Mortar Pop-up?
JS: ʻAʻole mākou e hana hou i ka Brick & Mortar Pop Ups, akā, ua loaʻa i ka makemake e lawe mai i nā kāpena mai nā kūlanakauhale'ē aʻe eʻike i ko mākou kūlanakauhale naniʻo Cleveland a no kaʻikeʻana iā CLE i nā meaʻokoʻa mai kēlā me kēia'āina.
ʻO MF: Ua hanaʻoe a aʻoʻia me Michael Symon . I kēia manawa he haleʻaina kāu e kokoke ana i kahi o kēlā me kēia.
JS: ʻAʻole loa. He mau luna kūpono loa mākou, aʻo ia kekahi o koʻu mau hoaaloha a me kuʻu loea. Ua haʻaheo wau e lilo iā ia i koʻu hoalauna ma koʻu hale a ma kā mākou haleʻaina. Nohoʻo ia ma ke alanui mai ko kāuaʻohana.
MF: Aia kaʻahahui Repubalika i Cleveland i kēia kauwela. Ke hana neiʻoe i kekahi mea kūikawā ma ka hui pū me kaʻaha kūkā?
JS: ʻAʻohe hoʻololi. E mālama wale i ka meaʻai maikaʻi, akā,ʻo wau nō ka Luna Hoʻomalu o kahi hanana RNC i hikiʻole iaʻu ke kūkā.
D: Ua kohoʻia kekahi o nā mea koho i kohoʻia e kaʻaha koho ma kāu mau haleʻaina?
JS: ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo e'ōlelo :)
ʻOihana:ʻO wai kāu mau wahi punahele eʻai ai ma Cleveland,ʻokoʻa ma kāu mau haleʻaina?
JS: (Michael Symon's) Lolita kahi makana punahele no kaʻu wahine me aʻu.
ʻO MF: He aha kāu makemake e hana ai ma Cleveland inā loaʻa iāʻoe ka manawa kūpono?
JS: E pili aku me kaʻu wahineʻo Amelia a me nā keiki,ʻo Catcher a me Louisiana. Makemake au i ka holo a me ka hoʻokele a hoʻomaha i ka lā ma kekahi o kā mākou hale hōʻikeʻike kupaianaha e like me ka Rock Hall a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Cleveland.
D:ʻO nā wahi nui āu e makemake ai e holo?
JS: makemake au e hoʻoholo i koʻu kaʻa ma lalo o MLK i ke kai. Hiki iaʻu ke hana iʻekolu manawa i ka hebedoma. Makemake wau e noho ma ke kai moana a hōʻuluʻulu i koʻu mau manaʻo, kākau i nāʻike, a me ka noʻonoʻo. Mahalo au i ka heleʻana i ka Chagrin Reservation. Aloha au i ka holoʻana me kaʻu mau keiki ma luna o ka puʻu ma kahi'ē aʻe o ka Halealiʻiʻo Squires a makemake au e holo i nā holo kaʻa kaʻa lōʻihi me koʻuʻohana ma Towpath.
E nānā iā Hipmunk e hoʻolālā i kahi huakaʻi i Cleveland.