If Wayzata is the elegant Twin Cities getaway, the food scene matches the esteem in its delicious breadth of flavors: steakhouses, pub eats, French cuisine and intricate sushi. However, James Beard Award-nominated chef Lenny Russo saw there was something missing from the scene.

It needed to tell Wayzata’s story, he said, the story of Lake Minnetonka’s foods and rich resources.“One of the things I’ve been saying is Italy has Lake Como and Minnesota has Lake Minnetonka,” Russo said. “We should be representative of who we are. We’re sitting on some of the world’s best ingredients here.”