NEWS AWARDS NYC’s Culinary Community Dominates 2017 Beard Nominations
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he food world has whittled down the list of restaurants and chefs nominated for its version of the Oscars. The James Beard Foundation released its list of finalists last month for national and regional chef and restaurant awards and, as expected, many giants of the New York City food scene are up for awards this year. The list of finalists announced was created by a panel of more than 600 judges made up mainly of restaurant critics, food and wine editors, culinary educators and past James Beard
This year New York City racked up 10 finalists in national restaurant awards categories such as outstanding baker, best new restaurant and rising star chef of the year. Five chefs were also named finalists. Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award winners which took dozens of qualified restaurants and singled out
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the five best. The winners will be announced May 2 in Chicago, according to the James Beard Foundation.
This year New York City racked up 10 finalists in national restaurant awards categories such as outstanding baker, best new restaurant and rising star chef of the year. Five chefs were also named finalists for the best chef in the city. It’s a strong showing for New York, which was able to boast 22 semifinalists. New York City’s closest challengers were New Orleans (8 finalists), San Francisco (6) Chicago and Philadelphia (4).
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