The culinary world\u2019s equivalent of the Oscars was announced on Monday, and three Texas chefs were among the winners in 25 categories of restaurants and chefs honored at the ceremony for the James Beard Awards in Chicago. <\/p>\n
Adrian Torres, of Maximo in West University Place in Houston, was named Best Emerging Chef and Evelyn Garcia and Henry Lu, of J\u016aN, also in Houston, were named Best Chef in Texas.<\/p>\n
While they didn’t come away with the top prize this year, nearly a dozen other Texans were nominated including Hugo Ortega and Tracy Vaught, for Outstanding Restaurateur with H Town Restaurant Group (Hugo’s, Xochi, Urbe and others); Mixtli in San Antonio was nominated for Outstanding Restaurant; Agnes and Sherman, in Houston, were nominated for Best New Restaurant; Tavel Bristol-Joseph, of Nicosi in San Antonio and Maggie Huff, of Lucia in Dallas, were nominated for Outstanding Pastry chef or Baker; Junil Rodil, of March in Houston, was nominated for Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service; and five others joined Garcia and Lu in being nominated for Best Chef in Texas. Ope Amosu, of Ch\u00f2pnBl\u1ecdk in Houston; Scott Girling, of Osteria II Muro in Denton; Gabe Padilla and Melissa Padilla, of Caf\u00e9 Piro in Socorro; and Finn Walter, of The Nicolett in Lubbock.<\/p>\n
The winners this year represent 15 states and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n
The James Beard Foundation established the awards in 1990 and has bestowed them since 1991, except in 2020 and 2021, when the organization scrapped them as the restaurant industry was reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic. Restaurants apply for the awards. Judges, who mostly remain anonymous, try the cuisine before voting. Nominees are reviewed for the food and for a behavioral \u201ccode of ethics,\u201d including how employees are treated.<\/p>\n
State by state: James Beard Award winners<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve broken out by location the winners for all categories, including Outstanding Restaurateur, Outstanding Chef, Outstanding Restaurant, Emerging Chef, Best New Restaurant, Outstanding Bakery, Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker, Outstanding Hospitality, Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program, Outstanding Bar, Best New Bar, Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service, Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service and Best Chefs by region.<\/p>\n
View all winners here<\/a>. You can view the previously published list of nominees here<\/a>.<\/p>\n California winners<\/p>\n Michael Tusk, Quince, San Francisco, CA \u2014 Outstanding Chef<\/p>\n Providence, Los Angeles, CA \u2014 Outstanding Hospitality<\/p>\n Kato, Los Angeles, CA \u2014 Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program<\/p>\n Kevin Diedrich, Pacific Cocktail Haven, San Francisco, CA \u2014 Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service<\/p>\n Dave Beran, Seline, Santa Monica, CA \u2014 Best Chef: California<\/p>\n Colorado winners<\/p>\n Penelope Wong, Yuan Wonton, Denver, CO \u2014 Best Chef: Mountain (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)<\/p>\n Illinois winners<\/p>\n Jacob Potashnick, Feld, Chicago, IL \u2014 Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)<\/p>\n Louisiana winners<\/p>\n Serigne Mbaye, Dakar NOLA, New Orleans, LA \u2014 Best Chef: South (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, PR)<\/p>\n Maine winners<\/p>\n Dana Street, Fore Street, Scales, Standard Baking Co., and others, Portland, ME \u2014 Outstanding Restaurateur<\/p>\n Missouri winners<\/p>\n Loryn Nalic, Balkan Treat Box, Webster Groves, MO \u2014 Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)<\/p>\n Montana winners<\/p>\n Wild Crumb, Bozeman, MT \u2014 Outstanding Bakery<\/p>\n Nevada winners<\/p>\n Sarah Thompson, Casa Playa, Las Vegas, NV \u2014 Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, NM, NV, OK)<\/p>\n New Hampshire winners<\/p>\n Evan Hennessey, Stages, Dover, NH \u2014 Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)<\/p>\n New York winners<\/p>\n Lei, New York, NY \u2014 Best New Restaurant<\/p>\n Lee Campbell, Borgo, New York, NY \u2014 Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service<\/p>\n Hooni Kim, Meju, Queens, NY \u2014 Best Chef: New York State<\/p>\n North Carolina winners<\/p>\n Taylor Montgomery, Montgomery Sky Farm, Leicester, NC \u2014 Best Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)<\/p>\n Oregon winners<\/p>\n Scotch Lodge, Portland, OR \u2014 Outstanding Bar<\/p>\n Ryan Roadhouse, Nodoguro, Portland, OR \u2014 Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA)<\/p>\n Pennsylvania winners<\/p>\n Kalaya, Philadelphia, PA \u2014 Outstanding Restaurant<\/p>\n Jesse Ito, Royal Sushi & Izakaya, Philadelphia, PA \u2014 Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)<\/p>\n Rhode Island winners<\/p>\n Loma, Providence, RI \u2014 Best New Bar<\/p>\n Texas winners<\/p>\n Adrian Torres, Maximo, West University Place, TX \u2014 Emerging Chef<\/p>\n Evelyn Garcia and Henry Lu, J\u016aN, Houston, TX \u2014 Best Chef: Texas<\/p>\n Washington, D.C. winners<\/p>\n Susan Bae, Moon Rabbit, Washington, D.C. \u2014 Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The culinary world\u2019s equivalent of the Oscars was announced on Monday, and three Texas chefs were among the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,3613,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-338933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-food","tag-food-drink","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}