Bel Air Bartender, Manager Win Best In MD: Restaurant Association

BEL AIR, MD — Two employees of places to eat in Bel Air had been honored by the Restaurant Association of Maryland at its 2022 gala. Each and every yr, the trade group acknowledges leaders in the cafe sector, designating winners in types from ideal chef to best bartender.

Shelby Stange of Impartial Brewing Organization was honored as Bartender of the Calendar year, and Kristen Oktavec of 1 Eleven Main was named the Manager of the 12 months.

Stange and Oktavec received bragging rights in portion based mostly on public belief. People today have been questioned to vote on the web in February for their most loved restaurant staffers.

Oktavec was described as a “desire staff” who “encompasses almost everything about a restaurant manager you could at any time hope for,” according to the Cafe Association of Maryland. “She is selfless … cares for her staff members [and] fills in at a moment’s observe.”

Close by, Amanda Wiley of Fallston Barrel Home was named Server of the Year.

Other winners were being Chef of the Year Gregory James of Stars Cafe/Inn at Perry Cabin 2022 Restaurateurs of the Calendar year Joe and Mary Barbera of AIDA Bistro & Wine Bar in Columbia and 2022 Heart of the Market Award recipient Roxanne Upole, normal manager of the Roy Rogers in Cumberland.