Chef Michael Symon

Chef Michael Symon cooks with soul. The Cleveland native has been a food TV fixture since winning the first season of “The Next Iron Chef” in 2008, and he currently hosts Food Network’s “Burgers, Brew, & ‘Que.” Symon is also one of Cleveland’s most celebrated chefs and restaurateurs, crafting boldly flavored, deeply satisfying dishes that not only reflect his heritage but the city he was raised in.

Since being named Best New Chef by Food & Wine magazine in 1998, Michael and his restaurants—which include Lola, Mabel’s BBQ, Roast, Bar Symon, Angeline, and B Spot Burgers—have been awarded countless honors. In 2000, Gourmet magazine named Lola one of America’s Best Restaurants, and it has been named Cleveland’s Best Restaurant on 18 occasions. In 2009, Michael earned The James Beard Award for Best Chef: Great Lakes. And now, his hand-picked Cleveland favorites—from pierogies to kielbasa to his signature French fry-topped “Polish Boy” sausage—are shipping nationwide on Goldbelly!