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Home / Articles & Coverage / Willows Inn’s Wetzel wins James Beard Award: Northwest chef

Willows Inn’s Wetzel wins James Beard Award: Northwest chef

Bethany Jean Clement / The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times / May 5, 2015

Blaine Wetzel’s brand-new James Beard Award for Best Chef: Northwest is more than well-deserved. The 29-year-old chef of the excellent Willows Inn on Lummi Island, Wetzel tied for the nationwide category Rising Star Chef just last year, so this second award would seem to indicate something meteoric. But he was nominated for Rising Star back in 2011, too; with only so many Beard awards to go around (and many going to New York), sometimes the official Rising Star is already very much risen.

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Original URL: http://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/blaine-wetzel-of-the-willows-inn-wins-james-beard-best-chef-northwest-award/

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Filed Under: Articles & Coverage, Traditional Media Tagged With: Chef Blaine Wetzel, Clement, dining in whatcom county, food on Lummi Island, James Beard Award, Seattle Times, The Willows Inn on Lummi Island

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