"Sarah Grueneberg (Sarah Grueneberg, Best Chef: Great Lakes, 2017) rose to fame when she became a Top Chef finalist in 2012 when she was still running the kitchen at Italian icon Spiaggia. After she opened her West Loop Italian restaurant Monteverde, which is continually rated as one of Chicago’s best restaurants and toughest reservations, Grueneberg won a Beard in 2017." - Naomi Waxman