WINNER: Chris Bianco, Tratto, Pane Bianco, and Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix.Ashok Bajaj, Knightsbridge Restaurant Group (Rasika, Bindaas, Annabelle, and others), Washington, DC.The winners in each category are listed in bold.
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Here’s the full list of the 2022 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards nominees. The nonprofit James Beard Foundation was established more than 30 years ago, shortly after “pioneer foodie” James Beard’s death, “to celebrate, support and elevate the people behind America’s food culture.”īeard was the host of “I Love to Eat,” the first food program on network television in 1946 and was called the “Dean of American Cookery” by The New York Times in 1954. The awards in many key categories were abruptly called off in 2020 and remained on pause in 2021 amid the industry’s pandemic upheaval and the foundation’s work on the new framework.
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The 2022 awards mark the first bestowed under new policies and procedures and a new code of ethics sparked by allegations of chefs’ bad behavior and a lack of diversity. “Your hard work, your dedication and resilience … in conquering challenges of this great pandemic is a testament to the adage: ‘What doesn’t break you makes you stronger.’” She was one of many speakers who talked about the difficulties caused by Covid-19. The James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony was held Monday night at the Lyric Opera in Chicago.Ĭhicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot welcomed the awards ceremony to Chicago and said it bolstered the city’s foodie bona fides. We’re putting health on the table, we’re putting culture on the table and we’re putting our stories on the table,” Sherman said. You know, our people are here, our ancestors are proud tonight because we’re doing something different. “This is showing that we can get through that, that we’re still here. Sherman noted the centuries of racism and colonialism that people of color have endured. Owamni, an Indigenous restaurant in Minneapolis from Dana Thompson and chef Sean Sherman, won the award for Best New Restaurant. Restaurants can transform the world,” said Meherwan Irani, chef and founder at Chai Pani, which also has a location in Decatur, Georgia. A restaurant has the power to transform – transform the people that work there, transform the people that come in, transform the communities we’re in, transform society. “Restaurants are so much greater than the sum of what’s inside the four walls. Dylan Wilson/The New York Times/ReduxĬhai Pani, an Asheville restaurant serving bright, crispy Indian street snacks, earned the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant.
Mashama Bailey of The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, earned the Outstanding Chef Award.
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