Former Townsend Chef Named a Semifinalist for James Beard Award
Myles Anton, currently the chef at Traverse City's Trattoria Stella, was nominated for a 2013 James Beard Award, sometimes known as the 'Oscars' of food.
Talk about good food coming from Michigan. Myles Anton, a former chef at Birmingham's Townsend Hotel and Rugby Grille, has been nominated for a 2013 James Beard Award. Referred to as the "Oscars" of the food world by the Huffington Post, the James Beard Foundation annually recognizes chefs and restaurants across the country for excellence. Semifinalists were selected from more than 44,000 online entries in 20 categories. Anton is currently the executive chef at Traverse City's Trattoria Stella but before that, he worked his way up to sous chef at the Townsend Hotel under head chef Louai Sharkas in the 1990's, according to Anton's profile on CrushMichigan.com. From there, he opened D'Amato's in Ann Arbor in 1999 and in 2002, opened Bunker's…
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