Jumbars chef wins award

Paul Hoffert, chef-owner of Jumbars, Bethlehem, has been named a Combray Creative Chefs LLC / Combray Award winner. The breakfast and lunch only restaurant, which uses local suppliers and seasonal ingredients, was recognized for “Excellence of a Chef-owned restaurant.”

The monetary award is meant to ease the financial pressures of maintaining the excellence of a small restaurant and to provide flexibility to a creative chef.

The award is privately funded, dedicated to identifying and supporting exceptional chef-owned restaurants in moderate-sized communities.

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