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This May 7, 2012 file combo photo shows Chef Wylie Dufresne, chef and owner of the wd~50 and Alder restaurants in Manhattan, left, and chef Grant Achatz of Next in Chicago at the James Beard Foundation Awards in New York. The James Beard Foundation announced Tuesday, May 20, 2014, that its awards ceremony honoring the best chefs and restaurants is moving to Chicago after 24 years in New York City. (AP Photo/Jason Decrow, Files)

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Chef Art Smith, owner of Table Fifty-Two, center, shows off his James Beard Foundation awards with friends before a news conference Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Chicago announcing that the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony is moving to the Windy City next year. The foundation, which is based in New York, honors the nation's best chefs, restaurants and food media. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation, left, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, center, join some of the cities top chefs including Gale Gand, right, at a news conference Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Chicago to announce that the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony is moving to the Windy City next year. The foundation, which is based in New York, honors the nation's best chefs, restaurants and food media. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation, left, listens as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, speaks at a news conference Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Chicago. The pair announced that the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony is moving from New York to the Windy City next year. The foundation honors the nation's best chefs, restaurants and food media. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Chef Rick Bayless, center, multiple winner of the James Beard Foundation awards including National Chef of the Year in 1995, and the Humanitarian of the year award in 1998, appears before a news conference Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Chicago where Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, announced that the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony is moving to the Windy City next year. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation, left, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, right, toast with the cities top chefs at a news conference Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Chicago. The pair announced that after 24 years in the New York, the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony is moving to the Windy City next year. The foundation — which is based in New York and honors the nation's best chefs, restaurants and food media — says several cities had asked to host the annual awards ceremony, but Chicago's offer of marketing and sponsorship support was too good to turn down. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, toasts with some of the cities top chefs including Grahm Elliott, center, and Gale Gand, lower right, at a news conference Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in Chicago. Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation, and Emanuel announced that after 24 years in the New York, the James Beard Foundation awards ceremony is moving to the Windy City next year. The foundation — which is based in New York and honors the nation's best chefs, restaurants and food media — says several cities had asked to host the annual awards ceremony, but Chicago's offer of marketing and sponsorship support was too good to turn down. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)