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Chris Jung

Chris Jung is the executive chef of Maxwells Trading in Chicago and a 2025 James Beard Foundation “Best Chef: Great Lakes” award finalist.

Chris Jung of Maxwells Trading

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How Sean Brock Helped Me Find My Culinary Identity

For Maxwells Trading chef Chris Jung and a generation of cooks, Sean Brock’s “Mind of a Chef” episodes defined what it meant to cook as an American.

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