We taste desserts from James Beard-nominated chef Anna Posey on your behalf
The Rundown | Chicago News · WBEZ Chicago
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Pastry chef Anna Posey will find out June 10 if she’ll win the 2024 James Beard Award for “Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker.” Among the five nominees in her category, she’s the only one in the Midwest.
“I mean it’s scary to be truthful. You’re so grateful but you also feel kind of like, ‘Are you sure?’” Posey said. “It’s humbling. You still feel like that cook who doesn’t know anything who’s walking into their internship.”
Ahead of the awards, Rundown podcast host Erin Allen visited Elske – the West Loop restaurant Anna co-owns with her husband David Posey – to taste a couple desserts and learn who Anna is, how she found success in a difficult industry and why she’s no longer trying to please everyone.