James Beard 2025 Restaurant and Chef Awards

The James Beard Foundation announced and handed out its 2025 restaurant and chef awards last night, June 16, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Here are the winners:

 

Best Chefs presented by Capital One (by region)

Best Chef: California: Jon Yao, Kato, Los Angeles, CA

Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH): Noah Sandoval, Oriole, Chicago, IL

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA): Carlos Delgado, Causa and Amazonia, Washington, D.C.

Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI): Karyn Tomlinson, Myriel, St. Paul, MN

Best Chef: Mountain (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY): Salvador Alamilla, Amano, Caldwell, ID

Best Chef: New York State: Vijay Kumar, Semma, New York, NY

Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT): Sky Haneul Kim, Gift Horse, Providence, RI

Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA): Timothy Wastell, Antica Terra, Amity, OR

Best Chef: South (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, PR): Nando Chang, Itamae AO, Miami, FL

Best Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV): Jake Howell, Peninsula, Nashville, TN

Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, NM, NV, OK): Yotaka Martin, Lom Wong, Phoenix, AZ

Best Chef: Texas: Thomas Bille, Belly of the Beast, Spring, TX

Other categories

Outstanding Restaurateur: Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, Frenchette, Le Veau d’ Or, and Le Rock, New York, NY

Outstanding Chef presented by Hilton: Jungsik Yim, Jungsik, New York, NY

Outstanding Restaurant presented by Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water: Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder, CO

Emerging Chef presented by S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water: Phila Lorn, Mawn, Philadelphia, PA

Best New Restaurant: Bûcheron, Minneapolis, MN

Outstanding Bakery: JinJu Patisserie, Portland, OR

Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker: Cat Cox, Country Bird Bakery, Tulsa, OK

Outstanding Hospitality presented by American Airlines Atomix, New York, NY

Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program: Charleston, Baltimore, MD

Outstanding Bar: Kumiko, Chicago, IL

Best New Bar: Identidad Cocktail Bar, San Juan, PR

Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service: Arjav Ezekiel, Birdie’s, Austin, TX

Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service: Ignacio “Nacho” Jimenez, Superbueno, New York, NY