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The long list of nominees up for America’s “foodie Oscars” is out — and unsurprisingly, tri-state area kitchens are very well represented.
Today’s announcement of semifinalists who’ll compete for the 2023 James Beard Awards, among the most prestigious prizes for American chefs and restaurants, includes old neighborhood favorites, new upstarts – and, for the first time in the awards history – bakeries.
On that list of Outstanding Restaurants is Veselka, an East Village mainstay since it opened in 1954. Among the semifinalists for Best New Restaurant is Dept. of Culture, a Nigerian restaurant in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. And one of the nominees for the newly-created Outstanding Bakery award is She-Wolf, the Greenpoint-based bread-makers whose loaves can be regularly found throughout the city’s Greenmarkets.
The award is handed out by the non-profit James Beard Foundation, which has been celebrating America’s food culture for over 30 years. The awards returned in 2022 after a two-year absence, during which the foundation and the awards committee reckoned with workplace accusations surrounding some of its past nominees and winners, as well as accusations of a lack of diversity among past winners.
Foundation C.E.O. Clare Reichenbach says lessons have been learned. “After a year of fundamental changes, we look forward to building on the progress made,” Reichenbach said in a statement, “celebrating those paving a better future for us all — through their talent and craft, service to others, and commitment to a better, more sustainable industry.”
The long list of semifinalist nominees will be whittled down to finalists, to be announced on March 29th. Winners will be announced on June 5 at an awards ceremony that will be held at Chicago’s Lyric Opera.
Make your reservation – or pick up your loaf – now.
A full list of tri-state area 2023 James Beard Awards semifinalists is below.
Outstanding Restaurant
Cora Cora, West Hartford, CT
Veselka, New York, NY
Via Carota, New York, NY
Outstanding Chef
Shigeru Fukuyoshi, Sagami, Collingswood, NJ
Eder Montero and Alex Raij, La Vara, Brooklyn, NY
Erik Ramirez, Llama Inn, Brooklyn, NY
Best New Restaurant
Al Coro, New York, NY
Dept of Culture, New York, NY
KRU, Brooklyn, NY
Stissing House, Pine Plains, NY
Emerging Chef
Telly Justice, HAGS, New York, NY
Charlie Mitchell, Clover Hill, New York, NY
Outstanding Bakery
She Wolf Bakery, New York, NY
Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker
Nora Faye Allen, Mel the Bakery, New York, NY
Camari Mick, The Musket Room, New York, NY
Outstanding Bar
Dante, New York, NY
Harlem Hops, New York, NY
Outstanding Restaurateurs
Sims and Kirsten Harlow Foster, Foster Supply Hospitality (The DeBruce, Arnold House Tavern, and Kenoza Hall), NY
Outstanding Hospitality
Lil’ Deb’s Oasis, Hudson, NY
Melba’s, New York, NY
Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
COTE, New York, NY
Waxlight Bar à Vin, Buffalo, NY
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Philip Manganaro, Park Place Café & Restaurant, Merchantville, NJ
Melissa McGrath, Sweet Amalia Market & Kitchen, Newfield, NJ
Best Chef: New York State
Gerardo Alcaraz, Aldama, Brooklyn, NY
Nasim Alikhani, Sofreh, Brooklyn, NY
Mary Attea, The Musket Room, New York, NY
Giovanni Cervantes, Taqueria Ramírez, Brooklyn, NY
Amanda Cohen, Dirt Candy, New York, NY
Calvin Eng, Bonnie’s, Brooklyn, NY
Shenarri Freeman, Cadence, New York, NY
Charles Gabriel, Charles Pan-Fried Chicken, New York, NY
Anthony Gonçalves, Kanopi, White Plains, NY
Sol Han, LittleMad, New York, NY
JJ Johnson, FIELDTRIP, New York, NY
Sohui Kim, Gage & Tollner, Brooklyn, NY
Shaina Loew-Banayan, Cafe Mutton, Hudson, NY
Paolo Garcia Mendoza, Karenderya, Nyack, NY
Ayesha Nurdjaja, Shukette, New York, NY
Junghyun Park, Atomix, New York, NY
Franco Sampogna, Frevo, New York, NY
Eric See, Ursula, Brooklyn, NY
Hillary Sterling, Ci Siamo, New York, NY
Sohail Zandi, Brushland Eating House, Bovina, NY
Best Chef: Northeast
Christian Hunter, Community Table, Washington, CT
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