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BEN SUKLE, chef and proprietor with his wife Heidi of Oberlin and birch restaurants in Providence, is a semifinalist for Best Chef-Northeast in the 2019 James Beard Awards. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Two R.I. chefs named James Beard Award semifinalists

Food & Agriculture 02/27/2019

PROVIDENCE - The 2019 James Beard Award semifinalists were announced Wednesday morning and two Rhode Island chef-restaurateurs are in the hunt. Nominated for Best Chef-Northeast...

Sarto has sense of place

Dining Out 11/23/2018

Some restaurants are menu-driven, others price-driven. One of the newest downtown Providence restaurants describes itself as “neighborhood-driven.” The new Sarto on Weybosset Street is a...

BEN SUKLE, chef and proprietor with his wife Heidi of Oberlin and birch restaurants in Providence, has been nominated for Best Chef-Northeast in the 2018 James Beard Awards. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Sukle finalist for James Beard Awards

Hospitality & Tourism 03/14/2018

PROVIDENCE – Providence again this year is sending a finalist to the prestigious James Beard Awards, known as the “Oscars of the food world.” The...

CHEF-RESTAURATEUR Johanne Killeen of Al Forno was named as a semifinalist for Outstanding Chef in the 2018 James Beard Awards.

Providence has 3 in James Beard Awards semis

Hospitality & Tourism 02/15/2018

PROVIDENCE - The nominees for the “Oscars of the food world,” the James Beard Awards, were announced today in New York. Again this year...

Rhode Island earns recognition as a top dining destination

Hospitality & Tourism 07/07/2017

As dining has become entertainment, it has taken on some characteristics of other forms of “showbiz.” Aside from the celebrity of chefs, there are...

BENJAMIN SUKLE, chef and owner of Oberlin and Birch. Oberlin was recently named as one of Eater's 38 essential New England restaurants. /PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Five R.I. Restaurants make Eater’s essential N.E. restaurant list

Hospitality & Tourism 06/20/2017

PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island restaurants were named in Eater’s “New England’s 38 Essential Restaurants” list released on Monday. Al Forno – Providence mainstay...

BENJAMIN SUKLE, CHEF AND OWNER of Providence restaurants birch and Oberlin. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Boston chefs pick Providence

Hospitality & Tourism 06/15/2017

PROVIDENCE - Boston.com named Providence one of four New England ‘foodie cities’ that Boston chefs love in an article on Wednesday. The article featured input...

FILLING A VOID: Benjamin Sukle, pictured in his kitchen at Oberlin, says he decided to open the restaurant, his second, because he wanted a place where people could get “some slices of fish, a pasta and some really good wine,” adding, “that’s a void I think needed to be filled.” / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

National acclaim hasn’t stopped JWU grad Benjamin Sukle from focusing on...

Entrepreneurship 05/26/2017

Benjamin Sukle has spent nearly a decade perfecting his culinary craft in Rhode Island. After graduating from Johnson & Wales University with a B.A....