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Michael Gebert’s Biography
Read Full Bio →James Beard Award-winning writer and videomaker for the Chicago Reader, Time Out Chicago, Where Chicago, Serious Eats, Maxim, Saveur.com, Grub Street, Thrillist and many others. Widely recognized as one of the leading experts on Chicago's food scene, from top to bottom. As the video producer of the Reader's Key Ingredient multimedia series, he has produced over 100 segments with Chicago's leading chefs, and won a James Beard Award in 2011. He has been nominated two more times for his video work…
Michael Gebert’s Journalist Portfolio
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One of the best cheeses in America came from Wisconsin, until new regulation stepped in
Ivy's: Building a better hot dog for the neighborhood
Anarchists eating Gettysburgers: Farewell to a supremely strange restaurant
Father-and-son Mexican-American dreams clash at Cemitas Puebla
Slideshow: Take a Savage Journey With Next: The Hunt
Awards
James Beard Foundation Awards
2011 - Multimedia
• Winner, 2011, for Key Ingredient for the Chicago Reader, with Julia Thiel • Nominee, 2009, in the multimedia category for videos accompanying stories by Mike Sula • Nominee, 2012, in the special documentary category for the Sky Full of Bacon video "A Barbecue History of Chicago"