Billy Ngo: Sacramento's first James Beard Award finalist

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Billy Ngo, a Sacramento chef and restauranteur who's perhaps best known as the co-owner of Kru Contemporary Japanese Cuisine, is celebrating a night that will go down in history. He attended the James Beard Awards in Chicago Monday alongside friends and family as a finalist for the title of Best California Chef. The James Beard Awards are considered the Oscars of the culinary world. The Best California Chef award went to Lord Maynard Llera of Kuya Lord …