Judi Barsness is Executive Chef and Co- Owner of Chez Jude Restaurant & Wine Café, overlooking the Grand Marais Harbor on Lake Superior's North Shore, a Green Routes Restaurant that features contemporary cuisine, private dining, catering and a series of culinary classes offered by Judi and her celebrated chef friends.

Chez Jude's menus reflect her commitment to the freshest offerings of the Minnesota seasons, organic, locally grown, harvested, wild caught, handcrafted ingredients. Chef Barsness defines what she and her talented staff do as "Minnsine - Contemporary Minnesota Cuisine".

A second generation Chef, Judi learned her passion for cooking and baking growing up in her mother's French kitchen. She has achieved more than a few culinary honors - from being featured at the Twin Cities Food & Wine Experience, to being chosen for the Catherine Brandel internship with renowned chef, Alice Waters and her staff, at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. She has studied at the Culinary Institute of America, Greystone Campus in Napa Valley and at the National Baking Center, formerly in Minneapolis, with renowned Master Baker Didier Rosada. Judi has also learned from the many talented chefs and individuals that she has worked with in the United States and in Europe.

Chef Barsness is the Mentor & Chef Instructor for the Cook County High School Culinary Arts Class. BCJ (before Chez Jude) she was a Chef, Pastry Chef and Food & Beverage Director for Bluefin Bay Resort and Coho Café & Bakery, where her award winning cuisine attracted statewide recognition. She has also taught cooking classes at Byerleys School of the Culinary Arts, St Louis Park, North House Folk School, Grand Marais and for Lutsen Resort's Food & Wine Weekends. Prior to her move to Minnesota's North Shore in 1995, she was Chef-Owner of her own restaurant, café/bakery & catering co. in her native Wisconsin.

Chef Barsness is a member of:

• Women Chefs & Restaurateurs (WCR)
• Chefs Collaborative
• Les Dames d'Escoffier International

Chef Barsness and Chez Jude are featured in:

• Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook, by Renewing the Countryside
• Superior Artisans, by Cameron Norman
• 2010 Minnesota Cooks Recipe Calendar (May), by Midwest Farmers Alliance & Renewing the Countryside

DOCKSIDE FISH MARKET - Harley & Shele Toftey
Fresh Lake Superior Fish & Caviar

David Ragotske
Wild Caught Alaskan Sockeye Salmon & Halibut

Coastal Seafoods
Fresh Fish, Seafoods

Hidden Stream Farm
Organic Chicken, Pork, Bratwursts, Summer Sausage, Produce

Ames Farm
Honey, Honeycomb

Dragsmith Farms
Organic Produce, Lamb

Fischer Family Farms
Organic Pork, Bacon, Bratwurst

Riverbend Farm
Organic Produce

Star Prairie Trout Farm
Rainbow Trout

Au Bon Canard
Duck, Fois Gras

North Star Bison
Grass Fed Bison, Lamb, Organic Farm-Raised Shrimp

1000 Hills Cattle Ranch
Grass Fed Beef, Hot Dogs

Wild Acre Farm
Chicken, Duck, Game Birds

Shepherds Way
Big Woods Blue Cheese

Eichten Farms
Wild Rice & Sun Dried Tomato Basil Gouda

Carr Valley Cheese
Artisan Cheeses

Bay Produce
Tomatoes

Forest Mushrooms
Cultivated & Wild Mushrooms

Cook County Whole Foods Co-Op
Organic Foods

Lola's Sweet Life Bakery
Tortes, Cakes, Sweets

The New French Bakery
Organic Breads

B.T. McElrath
Hand Crafted Truffles, Toffee, Chocolates

Caribou Cream - Herb Wills
Maple Syrup

Auntie Judiths Garden - Joan Farnam
Fresh Herbs & Edible Flowers

UNFI & Co-Op Partners
Organic Foods & Produce

Classic Provisions
Domestic & Imported Specialty Foods

Alakef Coffee Roasters - Nessim & Debra Bohbot
Organic Coffees & Teas

The Wine Co., Quality Wine & Spirits, World Class Wines, Paustis Wines
Organic, Biodynamic Wines

Lake Superior Brewing Co. & Summit Brewing Co.
Micro Beers

Mike Schelmeske
Functional Art - Birch Bread Boards

Last Chance Fabricating - Tom Christiansen
Sculptures, Pommes Frites Stands

Restaurant Art - Artists
Tom Christiansen, Marcia Cushmore, Kelly Dupre, Tim Young

Master Gardener - Alisa Berns
Taproot Gardens, Plants, Flowers, Nurturing

All the Chefs with whom I have worked with, learned from & who have inspired me

Chez Jude Staff
Good Food, Good Fun, Good People

Stained Glass Window is from my Mother's restaurant where my culinary life began

Publications featuring Chez Jude & Chef Barsness
Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook                Superior Artisans
$29.95 + tax    may be purchased from your server

Minnesota Cooks 2010 Recipe Calendar (May)
$10.00 + tax    may be purchased from your server