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"The Hyde Park Southern restaurant owned by Erick Williams earned Best Chef: Great Lakes for its chef-owner, who had been a 2020 nominee and whose restaurant was named among Eater’s Best New Restaurants in 2019; in his acceptance speech he credited the Black community, ancestors, family, and overlooked trailblazers for his path and described his food as nourishment for the mind, heart, spirit, and soul." - Naomi Waxman