2 CT Chefs & 1 Restaurant Win Nominations For Prestigious James Beard Awards 2025 Features James Beard Awards Stephanie Webster January 22, 2025 James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalist nominees for the 2025 James Beard Awards today in a press release. Finalists in these categories will be announced on April 2. The overall winners will be announced at the 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony, which will be held on June 16 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.We are thrilled to report that two Connecticut chefs have been nominated for “Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT).” The James Beard Foundation award is one of the highest honors in the culinary industry. Congratulations to Michelle Greenfield of Allium Eatery in Westport & Brian Lewis of The Cottage, also in Westport.Stay tuned as these semifinalists go to the next round on April 2nd. Read More
Three Connecticut Chefs Are Semifinalists For Prestigious James Beard Awards Features Awards James Beard Awards CTbites Team January 24, 2024 The James Beard Foundation announced its 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists in advance of the James Beard Awards.Congrats to our Connecticut semifinalists Chef Reneé Touponce (The Port of Call and Oyster Club) for Outstanding Chef & Chef David Standridge (The Shipwright’s Daughter) for Best Chef, New England, and Cora Cora for Outstanding Restaurant. The full list of 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists can be found below and on the James Beard Foundation website. Nominees will be announced on Wednesday, April 3 and winners will be celebrated at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony on Monday, June 10 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Read More
CT Chefs & Restaurant Win Nominations For James Beard Awards 2023 Features James Beard Awards News Stephanie Webster January 25, 2023 James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalist nominees for the 2023 James Beard Awards today in a press release. Nominees will be announced on Wednesday, March 29, and winners will be celebrated at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 5, 2023, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. We are thrilled to report that two Connecticut chefs and Peruvian restaurant, Cora Cora, have been nominated for James Beard Foundation awards, one of the highest honors in the culinary industry.Renee Touponce of Oyster Club and the Port of Call in Mystic as well as Christian Hunter of Community Table in Washington were nominated as semifinalists for the Best Chef Northeast award. Cora Cora, located in West Hartford was nominated as a semifinalist in the Outstanding Restaurant category. Congrats and good luck chefs! Read More
