When Brian Enyart learned he had been nominated by the District 230 Foundation for this year’s Legacy Hall induction, his first reaction wasn’t pride but laughter.

“I thought it was kind of hysterical, honestly, because I wasn’t a great student in high school,” he said, adding that his mom pointed out that he had really high standardized test scores but graduated in the bottom half of his class. “I was not a homework doer or an engaged student. She’s been joking about this ever since she heard.”

It was what happened after graduation that lit a fire in Enyart, who trained under renowned chef Rick Bayless at Frontera Grill and Topolobampo in Chicago for 14 years and went on to culinary greatness at other restaurants as well. “As soon as I got out of high school it seemed to get really seri

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