This past Tuesday, B&TB Chef/Owner Jack Riebel hosted a “Chef’s Table Lunch” with Plate Magazine and BelGioioso. Almost 40 local chefs came for Jack’s 4 course lunch, paired exceptionally by our Cicerone Ben Knutson. We want to extend a huge thanks for those who helped make this happen and to those who attended this great lunch time break with us. We were more than happy to host.
You read that right, we’re #1 and we’re celebrating it in style! Join us Tuesday June 4th at 6:00 P.M. as Fred Noe, the 7th generation Master Distiller of Jim Beam Bourbon Company crowns Butcher and The Boar #1. Fred will be conducting an intimate and lively tasting of different marques in the Knob Creek family while sharing stories and personal insights. Our own Jerald Hansen and Chef Jack will be in attendance with specially prepared bourbon cocktails and a buffet of B&TB fare, respectively. Get your tickets before they’re gone. Attendance is limited for what is expected to be an exciting and informative event.
There’s an old adage in baseball that goes something like “There’s always next year.” And what’s true in America’s past time, is true in the case of the James Beard Awards. Our man Chef Jack Riebel was a finalist in yesterday’s 2013 awards for Best Chef: Midwest category. Well, it didn’t happen this time around but that’s not changing a thing. Jack and his crew will be pushing harder than ever to make quality and taste front row center in every single dish you order, always. And not for the sake of awards, but for every other reason. Quality, integrity, authenticity and taste. And of course, you. Thank you all for your support for Jack and the restaurant…here’s to next year!
Back to the kitchen!
THIS Friday from 4-6, come help us give our man Chef Jack Riebel a proper send-off before his trip to NYC for the James Beard Awards (Jack is a finalist for Best Chef Midwest). We’ll be having a no-reservations-needed mix & mingle event in the Beer Garden with an assortment of complimentary apps. Also on the menu that night is a special Jack’d up Manhattan, a play on his trip there for the awards. High fives, handshakes and good times…see ya Friday!
WCCO’s just released the first part of their profile on Chef Jack Riebel for their Curiocity series. Check it out!
“…What is that like for you to receive such an honor for your work?
For me, the thing that I really was the most proud of – and I mean, Best Chef Midwest is awesome and I’m going to go to New York and have a blast – but being mentioned in the top 25 best new restaurants in America, as a semifinalist, was maybe more rewarding for me. Because that’s not just me, that’s the accumulation of our team, what we’ve done here and a testament to all of the people that helped make it happen. I think whenever you can put together a group of people and you have that cohesion, you can make great things happen. I thought that was awesome.”
