On Saturday, June 3, the James Beard Foundation announced its 2023 Media Award winners. Media awards are divided into three categories: cookbooks and other books, broadcast media, and journalism. Four out of five Portland-based nominees won their categories,

The 2023 James Beard Awards are being presented tonight at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. But given all that has transpired over the past few weeks, it is easy to understand why many of us here in Alabama who follow such things may have lost interest in this year’s restaurant and chef awards.

The James Beard Foundation will name the chef and restaurant winners at a gala ceremony at the Lyric Opera of Chicago on Monday, June 5. After years of hosting the events in New York City, where the Foundation is headquartered,

It could be a huge night for Cincinnati in Chicago. Three local chefs/restaurants are up for the most prestigious of culinary awards.

The 2023 James Beard Award semifinalists from Charlotte were Chef Greg Collier of Leah and Louise for Outstanding Chef, Sam Hart of Counter-. for Best Chef: Southeast and Salud Cerveceria, owned by Dairelyn and Jason Glunt, for Outstanding Bar. Only Hart moved forward to the finals.

The group behind “the Oscars of the food world” created a new process to weed out nominees with problematic pasts. But that process has troubles of its own.