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GREAT EATS: Upland Restaurant's Chef Named Among 'Best' in Nation

The chef of Spaggi's Italian restaurant was named on a new listing of some of the nation's top cooks.

An Upland chef has been named among the 'best chefs in America' in a new peer review publication recently released.

Chef Henry Gonzalez was named in the inaugural edition of the coffee table book Best Chefs America, according to a news release touting the honor.

"This is the first-ever peer review guide of U.S. chefs, who were chosen after extensive interviews between their fellow chefs and Best Chefs America analysts," an announcement stated.

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Gonzalez works at Spaggi's, an Italian restaurant on W. Foothill Blvd.

More than 5,000 chefs from across the nation participated in the survey, which is billed as the "ultimate chef's guide to chefs."  A total of 4,650 chefs are in the guide, which is sold here.

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The people behind the book say they spent nearly 10 months conducting thousands of telephone interviews of chefs who were nominated by other chefs for the book.

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