Today, The James Beard Foundation announced the 2022 Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists in advance of the returning James Beard Awards® presented by Capital One. Winners will be celebrated at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony on Monday, June 13, 2022, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Restaurant and Chef Awards nominees, in addition to honorees for Leadership, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Humanitarian of the Year Awards will be revealed on Wednesday, March 16, 2022, in Scottsdale, AZ. Nominees for the James Beard Foundation Media Awards will be released on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in New York City.
The James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards were established in 1991 and is one of five separate recognition programs of the Awards. James Beard Awards policies and procedures can be viewed at jamesbeard.org/awards/policies.
Check out the 2022 Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists below from Chicago.
Outstanding Restaurant
- Parachute, Chicago
Best New Restaurant
- Kasama, Chicago
Outstanding Pastry Chef
- Shannah Primiano, Porto, Chicago
Outstanding Baker
- Maya-Camille Broussard, Justice of the Pies, Chicago
Outstanding Bar Program
- Nobody’s Darling, Chicago
Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)
- Rodolfo Cuadros, Amaru and Bloom Plant Based Kitchen, Chicago
- Diana Dávila Boldin, Mi Tocaya Antojería, Chicago
- Paul Fehribach, Big Jones, Chicago
- Jason Hammel, Lula Cafe, Chicago
- Dave Park, Jeong, Chicago
- Darnell Reed, Luella’s Southern Kitchen, Chicago
- Noah Sandoval, Oriole, Chicago
- John Shields and Karen Urie Shields, Smyth, Chicago
- Erick Williams, Virtue Restaurant & Bar, Chicago
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