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17 Washington Restaurants, Chefs Nominated for James Beard Award
Food: it's my joie de vivre! My raison d'etre! I am a foodie and I'm not afraid to shout it loudly from the rooftops! It is my love of food and fine cuisine that led me to learning about the James Beard awards.
The James Beard Foundation has just announced semi-finalist nominees for their prestigious annual awards. This award is the most prestigious one that a restaurant, chef, baker, bar program, hospitality, pastry chef, restaurateur, wine producer or rising star chef can hope to win.
Sadly, there are NO Central Washington nominees. It breaks my heart that our superb restaurants, chefs and wine producers got completely overlooked this year, just because we don't live a "big city". How rude!
At least there are these seventeen Washington state restaurants, chefs, bakers, and wine producers who DID make the cut in several categories!
Here are our proud state nominees for the 30th annual James Beard Award:
Best New Restaurant:
Seattle:
- Il Nido
Outstanding Baker:
Bremerton:
- Matt Tinder from Saboteur Bakery
Outstanding Chef:
Kirkland:
- Holly Smith from Cafe Juanita
Outstanding Hospitality:
Seattle:
- Canlis
Outstanding Wine Program:
- L'Oursin
Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Producer:
Seattle:
- Steve Luke
Rising Chef of the Year:
Seattle:
- Liz Kenyon, from Rupee Bar
- Shota Nakajima from Adana
Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA)
Orcas Island:
- Jay Blackinton, Hogstone's Wood Oven
Seattle:
- Chera Amlag, Hood Famous Cafe + Bar
- Logan Cox, Homer
- Sun Hong, By Tae
- Mitch Mayers, Sawyer
- Mutsuko Soma, Kamonegi
- Aaron Verzosa, Archipelago
- Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, Joule
Spokane:
- Chad White, Zona Blanca
The James Beard award winners will be announced in Chicago on May 4, 2020.
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