Two chefs and one husband and wife restaurateur team have landed on the short list for this year's awards.
The Outstanding Restaurateur category is described as"a restaurateur who uses their establishment as a vehicle for building community, demonstrates creativity in entrepreneurship, integrity in restaurant operations, and is making efforts to create a sustainable work culture, while contributing positively to their broader community.
Matt Vawter, the former longtime chef at Alex Seidel's Mercantile, is listed for his restaurant Rootstalk, which he opened in Breckenridge in December 2020. He also debuted Radicato in the mountain town in 2023, and Chef Penelope Wong worked her way up the ranks for two decades and became the first female and youngest executive chef at Glenmoor Country Club in Cherry Hills Village before launching her own food truck in late 2019. She was one of our, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way. Your membership allows us to continue offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food, and culture with no paywalls.since 2021.
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