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Dave Beran

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Ashland, Wisconsin, USA 2 credit(s) Popularity 0.2
Dave Beran is an award-winning American Chef from Ashland, Wisconsin. Beran was the executive chef at Next, which is co-owned by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas.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 Michel...
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Dave Beran is an award-winning American Chef from Ashland, Wisconsin. Beran was the executive chef at Next, which is co-owned by Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas.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).

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 Food & Wine class of best new chefs.

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Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars poster
Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars
as Self
2025-10-10
The Bear poster
The Bear
as Dave Beran
2022-06-23

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