{"id":153495,"date":"2026-03-31T18:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153495\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:27:09","slug":"7-philadelphia-restaurants-and-chefs-named-finalists-for-2026-james-beard-awards-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/153495\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Philadelphia restaurants and chefs named finalists for 2026 James Beard Awards in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia&#8217;s renowned restaurant scene has scored seven finalists for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/james-beard-awards-ceremony-chicago-through-2028\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026 James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three bars and restaurants are up for Outstanding Restaurant, Best New Restaurant and Outstanding Bar, respectively, and three Philadelphia chefs are competing in the Best Chef, Mid-Atlantic category.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia-area finalists are:<\/p>\n<p>Outstanding Bar \u00a0Lovers Bar at Friday Saturday Sunday in Center CityOutstanding RestaurantBest New RestaurantBest Chef, Mid-Atlantic  Jesse Ito, Royal Sushi &amp; Izakaya in Queen Village. Ito recently opened a second restaurant in Philly called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/dancerobot-jesse-ito-sansom-street-philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">dancerobot<\/a>.Amanda Shulman, Her Place Supper Club in Center City. Her Place Supper Club earned one of the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/michelin-star-philadelphia-her-place-friday-saturday-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first Michelin stars<\/a>.Omar Tate and Cybille St. Aude-Tate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/honeysuckle-provisions-restaurant-west-philadelphia-community-black-business-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Honeysuckle<\/a> in North Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 James Beard Foundation Awards will be held in Chicago through 2028, CBS Chicago reported Tuesday. Programming will take place over three days in June, with the restaurant and chef awards taking place on June 15.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/phila-lorn-mawn-philadelphia-restaurant-james-beard-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Phila Lorn<\/a>, a chef at Mawn in South Philadelphia, took home a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/phila-lorn-mawn-philadelphia-james-beard-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Beard Award in the Emerging Chef<\/a>\u00a0category.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/vietnam-restaurant-philadelphia-james-beard-americas-classics-award\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vietnam Restaurant<\/a>\u00a0was among the winners of the America&#8217;s Classics Award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia&#8217;s renowned restaurant scene has scored seven finalists for the 2026 James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago. 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