2023 James Beard Chef and Restaurant Awards - Winners

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Here Is the Full List of James Beard Awards 2023 Winners

Congratulations to all the chef and restaurant winners

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*award presentations & acceptance speeches

2023 James Beard Award Chef and Restaurant Winners​

Outstanding Chef


Rob Rubba, Oyster Oyster, Washington, D.C.


Outstanding Restaurant


Friday Saturday Sunday, Philadelphia, PA


Best New Restaurant


Kann, Portland, OR


Outstanding Restaurateur


Ellen Yin, High Street Hospitality Group (Fork, a.kitchen + bar, High Street Philly, and others), Philadelphia, PA


Outstanding Hospitality


The Quarry, Monson, ME


Emerging Chef


Damarr Brown, Virtue, Chicago, IL


Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker


Margarita Manzke, République, Los Angeles, CA


Outstanding Bakery


Yoli Tortilleria, Kansas City, MO


Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program


Ototo, Los Angeles, CA


Outstanding Bar


Bar Leather Apron, Honolulu, HI


Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)


Itaru Nagano and Andrew Kroeger, Fairchild, Madison, WI


Best Chef: Mountain (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)


Kris Komori, KIN, Boise, ID


Best Chef: South (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, PR)


Natalia Vallejo, Cocina al Fondo, San Juan, PR


Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)


Sherry Pocknett, Sly Fox Den Too, Charlestown, RI


Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, NM, NV, OK)


Andrew Black, Grey Sweater, Oklahoma City, OK


Best Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)


Terry Koval, The Deer and the Dove, Decatur, GA


Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)


Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon, Kalaya, Philadelphia, PA


Best Chef: New York State


Junghyun Park, Atomix, New York, NY


Best Chef: California


Justin Pichetrungsi, Anajak Thai, Sherman Oaks, CA


Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA)


Vince Nguyen, Berlu, Portland, OR


Best Chef: Texas


Benchawan Jabthong Painter, Street to Kitchen, Houston, TX


Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)


Tim Flores and Genie Kwon, Kasama, Chicago, IL



The following wins were previously announced:


America’s Classics

• Joe’s Bakery & Coffee Shop, Austin, Texas
• La Casita Blanca, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• Manago Hotel, Captain Cook, Hawai‘i
• Nezinscot Farm, Turner, Maine
• Pekin Noodle Parlor, Butte, Montana
• Wagner’s Village Inn, Oldenburg, Indiana

2023 James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award


Madhur Jaffrey CBE


2023 James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year


Olivia Watkins and Karen Washington


2023 Leadership Awards

• Jim Embry (Sustainable Communities Network, Slow Food USA, and Ujamaa Cooperative Farming Alliance)
• Valerie Horn (CANE Kitchen, Cowan Community Center, and City of Whitesburg Farmers Market)
• Savonala “Savi” Horne (Land Loss Prevention Project)
• Ira Wallace (Southern Exposure Seed Exchange)
• Rowen White (Sierra Seeds)
• Emerging Leadership: The Burgerville Workers Union

@im_sleep @Geode @xoxodede @invalid

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[West Coast Avenger]

Portland has some of the best food spots in the US....

 

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Here Is the Full List of James Beard Awards 2023 Winners

Congratulations to all the chef and restaurant winners

www.eater.com

2023 James Beard Award Chef and Restaurant Winners​

Outstanding Restaurant


Friday Saturday Sunday, Philadelphia, PA

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Chad, I know you grew up in West Philly, but I heard that you got your restaurant start in D.C.
Chad: I went to school at Howard for anthropology and wound up waiting tables at this Afro-Caribbean restaurant in Adams Morgan called Rocky’s Cafe. The chef put out this lamb loin cooked medium rare, with a mango puree. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had never seen or tasted anything like that before, and it was just a light-bulb moment. The chef invited me into the kitchen, it all unfolded from there, and I quit college.

How did your family react to that news?
Chad: My mom cried. She called the restaurant to try to get me fired multiple times. Eventually, I wound up at Alma de Cuba when Jose Garces was chef there, and from there on to Amada


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[hitmonlee]

Portland has some of the best food spots in the US....

A lot of nba players fav road place is Portland for the food

 

[Geode]

I see some road trips in my future.

I want to check out Sly Fox Den.

@ Chad's mom. She was MAD mad.

 

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Good to see many black chefs getting recognition. A couple of these restaurants are on my bucket list.

I've been to Damarr Brown's Virtue. Had a vegetarian dish. Wasn't wowed by it. And they kinda rush you to eat and leave. So I haven't been in a rush to go back but I may give it a second go in a few months.

 

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How they delineated the regions is interesting.

It's crazy how they shooed in Puerto Rico under the "South".

If it was to be included, if anything, it should've been under "Southeast".

But they probably wanted to give PR some shine and it probably would not have happened competing with Charleston, Miami, etc.

But they probably took the spot from a New Orleans restaurant.

Comes off as political.

Also crazy how New York, Texas, and Cali are their own separate categories. Don't think Texas is noteworthy enough to have its own separate category.