Lenny Russo
Chef Lenny Russo has more than thirty-eight years of experience in the food and beverage industry. He has held numerous positions including executive chef, general manager, food and beverage director, and corporate chef for several companies. As a chef, he has been featured in every major Twin Cities publication as well as Gourmet, Food & Wine, Bon App�tit, Saveur, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today among other publications...See more
Chef Lenny Russo has more than thirty-eight years of experience in the food and beverage industry. He has held numerous positions including executive chef, general manager, food and beverage director, and corporate chef for several companies. As a chef, he has been featured in every major Twin Cities publication as well as Gourmet, Food & Wine, Bon App�tit, Saveur, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and USA Today among other publications. In addition, Chef Russo serves on the Chef Advisory Board of Saveur magazine. Chef Russo, along with his wife and partner, Mega Hoehn, opened Heartland on October 27, 2002. The restaurant has since won many awards both locally and nationally. From 2008 to 2015, Chef Russo was named a James Beard Foundation Award Semifinalist for Best Chef: Midwest and was named a finalist nominee in that category in 2010, 2011, 2012 2014 and 2015. He was named to the prestigious U.S. State Department American Chef Corps in 2013. See less