The Iowa Restaurant Association recently honored their industry's female professionals by presenting it's 40 Women to Watch List and the list includes a Davenport woman.

If you're a restaurant owner, manager, or chef, this award feels a bit like winning a Oscar or a Grammy. It's kind of a big deal and one of those winners is a chef and restaurant owner right here in Davenport.

Chef Rhea Vrana is the chef and owner of Fat Sacks, an indoor food truck experience with high end, affordable, comfort food with a twist.

Very Exciting News 🐾

Posted by fatsacksqc on Wednesday, October 7, 2020

The Iowa Restaurant Association's website says that the organization "promotes, protects, educates and advocates for the restaurant and tavern industries in the state of Iowa" through various programs and services. One of those programs is their '40 Women to Watch' list. The list honors women in prominent positions from all sorts of different areas of the local restaurant industry. Over 100 nominations were sent in this year.

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2020 40 Women to Watch in Hospitality Honorees Announced
Iowa Restaurant Association Invites...

Posted by Iowa Restaurant Association on Monday, October 5, 2020

Each of these amazing women will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Iowa Events Center on November 16th. See the complete list of winners here. 

In the meantime, check out Chef Rhea's food at Fat Sacks, 300 W 3rd Street Davenport open Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 am - 8 pm. Congrats chef!

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