Last night James Beard Award Foundation’s 35th Restaurant & Chef Awards Celebrations – who gave awards to Pak professionals and industry leaders – a celebration of immigrants, an rejection Unethical exile practicesAnd a big night for New York City.
Kick with evening An energetic red carpetAfter a stuffed ballroom at Lirik Opera, Chicago. Chefs and television personality were Andrew Zimern and Nyesh Erington Gregius hosts, who used to channel enthusiasts in a room filled with industry veterans and new people. Recent economic uncertainty And Snow raid disastrous workforce,
Some including San Juan, Puerto Rico were really exciting winning Identification Cocktail Bar Getting home award for Best New Bar (First prize of its kind in the history of the ceremony), Austin’s Burdy Recognition for the stellar liquor program, and Idaho’s Salvador Allamila Amano Best chef to take home: after mountain, His second nominationFrom complex dresses to Rauzing speeches, here are some of the evening takeaways.
Immigrants fuel the awards – and industry
This year, Big Jeet, who introduced fare from immigrant-owned restaurants and bars, especially the Asian and Latin American cuisine, was retired, and the reward recipients were refreshed at the recommendations of celebrating their identity. Many winners, including emerging chef winner Fila Lorn Moongna Julia Momos of Philadelphia and outstanding bar winner Kumiko necessarily pointed to their heritage for food and beverages, who love the audience so much. Sky Henul Kim of Gift Horse at Providence, Road Island thanked his parents in Korean, and Jung Yim off Racid Accepted his outstanding chef award using a Korean translator in New York – distributing the acceptance speech in its own way.
New beverage categories provide exciting capacity
After years of public frustration, the James Beard Awards added several new categories to recognize the crafts of beverages: excellent professional in beverages service, excellent professional in cocktail service and best new time. This allows for some thrilling win: Ignacio Jimanez was awarded outstanding professional in cocktail service SuperbaneoNew York, and Identification Cocktail Bar In San Juan, Puerto Rico, known for its Caribbean and Latin American influence cocktail, was named Best New Bar. Arjav ejakil off Burdy Won the inaugural award for outstanding professional in Beverage Service – after recently visited a Burdi, it seems that strong wine and cocktail programs were an inspiring power for this year’s judges. New categories are included in all beverages like beer, N/A cocktail and coffee, so it will be interesting to see if they represent more heavy in future years.
After closing for years, New York wins Big
The last few James Beard Ceremony is not a big win for New York City Since the time after the ceremony Return in 2022; Last year, the city was Completely closed from every national category. This year was different, and NYC chefs, bartenders, and restoraters won the major categories across the board. Vijay Kumar of New York was amidst a remarkable victory of the evening Semi -sutraWho gave the award for Best Chef: New York State; Lee Hanson and Riad won for the Naser of France, Le Rock, Le Wau D’Or Excellent Restaurant; Yim, whose restaurant is in Jungsic Lower Manhattan; And AtomWho won for excellent hospitality.
A male groups of winners
Cat cox Country Bird Bakery In Tulsa, Oklahoma won a particularly thrilling victory for excellent pastry chefs or bakers: it is great to see a baker celebrated in the category, and a woman who Center heartland Ripe goods, no less. Unfortunately, Cox was one of a handful of women this year who won the awards this year. James Beard has done admirable tasks to diversify its decision process and prize body, and women are recognized and celebrated throughout the organization. This year’s group of winners, however, bended more men, and I look forward to more women winning home in future.
Evening rally Rona – Regional Best Chef Winner Timothy Wastel (Northwest and Pacific) and Chicago’s Noah Sandowal (Midwest) with a friend who accepted on behalf of Sandowal (Midwest) – all said that they went on stage as “ice of chudai”.
