Internationally renowned Chef J. Joho has been named one of the country's top chefs by publications including The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago magazine, Wine Spectator, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Saveur, Gourmet, Food Arts, The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, Playboy, and USA Today. Chef Joho was named the "Best American Chef: Midwest" by the James Beard Foundation, and Bon Appetit’s "Chef of the Year."

Chef Joho is a member of Relais & Chateaux/Relais Gourmand, Les Grandes Tables Du Monde, Traditions & Qualité, Académie Culinaire de France, and Maître Cuisiniers de France. Brasserie Jo was named the "Best New Restaurant in the US" by the James Beard Foundation after it opened in 1996, and has since been awarded the Golden Pretzel award and been named to the "Choucroute 'Halle' of Fame."

"Best New Restaurant of the Year."

-James Beard Foundation 1996

"Four star food at one-star prices."
-Phil Vettel, Chicago Tribune

"Great bonhomie and wonderful food."
-Pat Bruno, Chicago Sun-Times

"A fun and flavorful new place in a dining-out city that just gets better and better."
-Food Arts

"The problem for diners at Brasserie JO is trying to decide what to order because so many dishes are irresistible."
– Bill Rice

"Joho's menu boasts French classics simply presented and impeccably executed"
– Saveur Magazine

"The assertively seasoned classic brasserie food is as Alsatian accented as the ebullient Joho himself"
- New York Times

"Brasserie JO springs straight from the heart of the chef/owner Jean Joho"
–Jerry Shriver, USA Today