Jonathon Sawyer

Chef Jonathon Sawyer is a James Beard Award-winning chef known for his empire of restaurants in Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. After discovering his passion for cooking while working at a Dayton, Ohio restaurant, he dropped out of engineering school to attend culinary school. He honed his skills working for Chef Charlie Palmer in New York City and later opened Parea and Lolita for Michael Symon. In 2010, he won the Food & Wine "Best New Chef" award and in 2015 he won the James Beard Foundation Award Best Chef: Great Lakes. In 2020, Jonathon opened Adorn Bar & Restaurant in Chicago, Illinois and in 2023, he opened Kindling in Willis Tower, a live fire restaurant in partnership with The 50/Fifty Group. Chef Sawyer is also a television personality and cookbook author, known for his best-selling children's cookbook, Noodlekids Cookbook, and House of Vinegar. When he's not in the kitchen, he enjoys spending time with his family, foraging in the woods, and practicing hot yoga.