Dave Beran is an American

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Early life and education

Beran was born in

Ashland, Wisconsin Ashland is a city in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the county seat of Ashland County. The city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon Bay. The population was 7,908 at the 2020 census, al ...

, and graduated from Lake Forest College in 2003.

Career

Beran was the executive chef at Next, which is co-owned by

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and

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. He announced his departure from Next Restaurant on April 14, 2016, citing his desires to start his own restaurant in Los Angeles. He owned and operated two restaurants in the Santa Monica neighborhood of Los Angeles: Dialogue, now permanently closed (one michelin star), and Pasjoli (one michelin star).

Awards

Under Dave Beran's oversight, Next received the James Beard award for Best New Restaurant in 2012. After being nominated three times in the three years prior, for best new chef and for rising star chef, in 2014, Beran won the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef: Great Lakes. Also in 2014, Beran, along with 10 other chefs from around the country, was included in the ''

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'' class of best new chefs.

Personal life

Beran lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Jamie Schneiter, and two French Bulldogs. Beran is an avid

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runner and has been known to run the Chicago Marathon and show up to work a full day afterwards.

References

External links

Dave Beran on www.foodandwine.com
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