Achatz, whose world-renowned fine dining restaurant, Alinea, was built on the ethos of near constant change and creativity, is no stranger to the swerves of life.

Grant Achatz will be inducted into the MenuMasters Hall of Fame this May, joining a prestigious roster of other culinary ...

The Jean Banchet Awards committee is honoring Grant Achatz with a Lifetime Achievement prize on Sunday. What he's saying: "I ...

The annual Banchet Awards recognizes local innovators in the restaurant and hospitality industry in the Chicago region and is ...

Chicago's restaurant industry celebrated its own at a ceremony announcing the winner of the local Banchet Awards, which also ...

Despite heavy snow and frigid temperatures, hundreds trudged downtown in dresses and suits Sunday night for the Jean Banchet ...

More than two decades ago, Grant Achatz — the visionary chef behind Chicago’s Alinea and The Aviary restaurants — noticed a little white dot on his tongue. Being in his early 30s, experts told him ...

Grant Achatz had all his ducks in a row when he did a pop-up in Madrid. Before Dave Beran moved to Los Angeles in 2016, he was executive chef at Grant Achatz’s Next in Chicago. Now it’s Achatz’s turn ...

CHICAGO Alinea, the avant-garde restaurant that has drawn widespread attention since it opened here last year, is uniting to keep up the standards set by chef-partner Grant Achatz as he undergoes ...