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It is time now—drumroll, trumpets, gongs—to announce the winners of the 2014 Eater Awards. In over a dozen categories in 24 cities, the winners comprise a diverse group of the finest and most interesting chefs, operators, and characters in the continent that have defined this year in dining. We applaud them. You are hereby instructed to applaud them.
To recap, Eater's local editors in 24 cities nominated candidates for five major local categories: Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year, Bartender of the Year, So Hot Right Now Restaurant, and Stone Cold Stunner. Eater readers then voted to narrow the field to a final three in each category. From that final three, the Eater editorial team chose one to move forward and the Eater.com braintrust got together to decide the national winners. Without further ado, here's who came out on top in Minneapolis.
Eater Awards 2014
Restaurant of the Year
Nominees: Brasserie Zentral, Corner Table, Heyday, Hola Arepa, and Travail
Finalists: Heyday, Hola Arepa, Travail
Winner: Heyday
Chef of the Year
Nominees: Thomas Boemer, Jim Christiansen, Christina Nguyen, Thomas Kim and Russell Klein
Finalists: Thomas Boemer, Jim Christiansen, Christina Nguyen
Winner: Thomas Boemer
So Hot Right Now
Nominees: Heyday, Hola Arepa, Libertine, Lyn 65, Spoon and Stable
Finalists: Heyday, Hola Arepa, Spoon and Stable
Winner: Spoon and Stable
Bartender of the Year
Nominees: Trish Gavin, Adam Gorski, Robb Jones, Tyler Kleinow, Dan Oskey
Finalists: Trish Gavin, Adam Gorski, Tyler Kleinow
Winner: Adam Gorski
Stone Cold Stunner
Nominees: Foreign Legion, Hola Arepa, Heyday, Public Kitchen and Bar, Spoon and Stable
Finalists: Public, Spoon and Stable, Hola Arepa
Winner: Public Kitchen and Bar
Best Chef Switcheroo
Winner: Diane Yang and Niki Francioli of Spoon and Stable and La Belle Vie