Del Sur Bakery Chef Nominated for “Pastry Chef of the Year”
WGN9 / by Ji Suk Yi / January 23, 2026 Del Sur Bakery’s Chef Justin Lerias has just been nominated for the Banchet Awards Pastry Chef of the Year. His Ravenswood bakery is blending the flavors of the Philippines with timeless Midwestern techniques. In a space where tradition, creativity, and community thrive. Chef Lerias joins us now with more. View More Here.
Ravenswood Gets a Bakery and Cafe Offering Filipino Flavors Folded into Classic Pastries
WTTW - Play List / Daniel Hautzinger / March 17, 2025 What did you get for your 23rd birthday? For Justin Lerias, it’s the realization of a dream conceived during high school of opening a Filipino pastry spot, Del Sur Bakery & Cafe. But calling the March 29 opening of the shop a gift overlooks the year of work, planning, and crowdfunding that has gone into it since Lerias first took out a lease on the space at 4639 N. Damen Ave. in Ravenswood almost exactly a year ago. And it also belies the creativity
