I tetahi wa, ko te "Great Lakes Region" ko James Beard Awards i rite ki a Chicago. Kua huri te rota i te tau mano hou. Ko tetahi wahi i whakauru i etahi o te huringa ko Cleveland. Tuatahi ko Rocco Whalen (2004), na Michael Symon (2009), a Jonathon Sawyer (2015).
Ko te tohu James Beard anake i whakapau kaha ki te iwi i mohio ai a Clevelanders: ko Sawyer, ko tana wahine a Amelia e mau ana i te Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat, me Trentina, he kaihauturu, kaore i te ngaro nga wharekai.
I whakanui a Chef Sawyer i tana maripi i raro i nga rangatira rangatira tino rongonui, a Charlie Palmer me tona hoa ko Cleveland, a Symon, ko tetahi o nga tangata tuatahi ki te whakanui ia ia i te wa i toa ia ki a James Beard. I roto i tana whakataetae ko Andrew Zimmerman a Minnesota.
I noho a Johnathon Sawyer ki te korero mo ana wharekai me tona painga o Midwest, Cleveland.
Marcia Frost: Me tino miharo ki te riro i te Toi a James Beard mo nga kaikai i to taone ake. Whakaahuahia te wa i kitea ai koe.
Jonathon Sawyer: Ko te wikitoria i te tohu ko te ao nei ki ahau. I whakatau ahau ki te waiho i te NYC i nga tau kua pahure ake ki te whakaara i taku whanau. Ko te whakatuwhera i tetahi wharekai he tino mate mo te kaipupuri taitamariki me te tohu i tino whakamanamana ahau ki te whakatutuki i nga mea kua oti i ahau i taku kainga o Cleveland.
I toa ahau i te tohu (i te hui) i Chicago. Kaore au i konei i taku ingoa i te wa i whakapuakina ai e ratou. I tangohia e ia he tuarua mo te katoa hei panui.
I patu taku wahine i runga i te pokohiwi, a ka mea ahau i toa. Aita au e haamana'o ra i te toe atu i te hoê mana'o oaoa e te mauruuru.
MF: I hea i puta mai ai te whakaaro mo nga Pakeha me te Mortar Pop-ups?
JS: Kaore matou e mahi Brick & Mortar Pop Ups i muri atu, engari i puta mai i te hiahia ki te kawe mai i nga rangatira mai i era atu pa ki te kite i to taone ataahua o Cleveland me te tuku CLE kia kite i te taakapa kai mai i te motu katoa.
MF: Kua mahi koe me te whakangungu ki a Michael Symon . Na kei a koe etahi wharekai i te taha o tetahi atu, kei te tino whakataetae koe?
JS: Kare rawa. He upoko tino rereke matou, a ko ia tetahi o aku hoa pai me taku kaiarahi. Kei te whakapehapeha ahau ki a ia hei hoa tata ki toku whare me to maatau wharekai. Kei te noho ia i te huarahi mai i to maatau whanau.
MF: Kei te haere te Kotahitanga Republican ki Cleveland i tenei raumati. Kei te mahi koe i tetahi mea motuhake mo te huihuinga?
JS: Kaore he huringa. Kia mau tonu te kai kai pai, engari ko ahau te Tumuaki Tumuaki o tetahi hui RNC kaore i taea e ahau te korero.
MF: Me kai tetahi o nga kaitono o te peresideniraa ki o whare wharekai?
JS: E kore au e tino tika ki te korero :)
MF: He aha o nga wahi tino pai ki a koe ki te kai i Cleveland, i tua atu i au ake wharekai?
JS: (Michael Symon's) Lolita he po tino pai mo taku wahine me taku.
MF: He aha e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi i Clevelandwhen he waatea noa koe?
JS: Whakaurua me taku wahine, a Amelia, me nga tamariki, a Catcher me Louisiana. E pai ana ahau ki te hike me te pupuhi me te noho i te ra i roto i tetahi o nga whare taonga whakamiharo penei ano me te Rock Hall, te Whare Taonga Ataahua o Cleveland ranei.
MF: Nga waahi nui e hiahia ana koe ki te haere?
JS: E pai ana ahau ki te eke i taku kaa ki MLK ki te roto. Ka taea e au tenei wa e toru i te wiki. Aroha ahau ki te noho i runga i te tahataha moana me te kohikohi i aku whakaaro, tuhia nga tohutao, whakaaroaro ranei. He harikoa au ki te haere i roto i te Rahui Chagrin. Aroha ana ahau ki te haere tahi me aku tamariki i runga i te pukepuke puta noa i te Castle o Squires me te pai ki te kawe i nga tere pahikara ki te taha o toku hapu i Towpath.
Tirohia Hipmunk ki te whakamahere i tetahi haerenga ki Cleveland.