2026 James Beard Awards® Voting Body
Erika Adams
Jenny Adams
Gary Adcock
Lenore Adkins
Pablo Aguilar
Ifrah Ahmed
Koji Akaboshi
Ken Albala
Amanda Albee
Erin Alderson
Kelly Alexander
Alana Al-Hatlani
Leona Allen Ford
Jackie Alpers
Christian Alquiza
Kendra Anderson
Abena Anim-Somuah
Bahar Anooshahr
Kiki Aranita
Aaron Arizpe
Dominic Armato
Allison Arthur
Tanorria Askew Nickson
Mariano Avila
Ann Marie Awad
Cheryl Baehr
Chris Bailey
Sarah Baker Hansen
Emma Balter
Adhiti Bandlamudi
Angela Bankhead
George Banks-Weston
Megan Bannister
Ariel Barcenas Casiano
Jennifer Barger
Trace Barnett
Cathy Barrow
Scott Barton
Dr. Myron Beasley
David Beauchamp
David Beriss
Jeanne Besser
Rupa Bhattacharya
Heidi Billotto
Yusuf Bin-Rella
Andrew Black
Jesse Blanco
Mariena Boarini
Maile Bohlmann
Thomas Bolton
Liz Bomze
Mitra Bonshahi
Carol Borchardt
Carrie Boyd
Chadwick Boyd
Rodrigo Bravo
Leslie Brenner
Jennifer Brett
James Briscione
Brittany Britto Garley
Karen Brooks
Melanie Brown
Riza Brown
Addie Broyles
Matt Bruck
Stacey Brugeman
Meera Bryant
Courtney Burk
Nathan Burkhart
Rebecca Burns
Patricia Calhoun
Andrew Calisterio
Janet Cam
Ariana Camayd
Jessica Carbone
Brad Carnall
NoëmieCarrant
John Carruthers
Morgan Carter
Frances Castillo
Matt Catchpole
Lisa Cericola
Gabriel Chabrán
Jennifer Chandler
Belinda Chang
Justin Chapple
Martha Cheng
Yangyang Cheng
Will Chesak
Robin Chesser
Lincoln Chinnery
Serena Chow
Virginia Christman
Gail Ciampa
Joan Cirillo
Tricia Clark
Paul Clarke
Patricia Cobe
Cybelle Codish
Andrew Colacchio
Adahlia Cole
Vanessa Cominsky
Amy Condon
Julia Coney
Emily Contois
Candolin Cook
Chasity Cooper
Spring Council
Jeffrey Crowe
James Cury
Alicia Cypress
Beth D'Addono
Simon Davidson
Bill Dawers
Marie De Jesús
Roberto De Luna
Nori De Vega
Sarah Jane Dhall
Michael Dizon
Gwyneth Doland
Gail Dosik
Darby Doyle
Patrick Druez
Philip Duff
Frances Dumlao
Carolyn Dunn
Jessica Dupuy
Roberta Duyff
Tim Ebner
Diana Edelman
Melony Edwards
Etinosa Emokpae
OsayiEndolyn
Calvin Eng
Adam Erace
Valerie Erwin
Bill Esparza
Duskie Estes
Patrick Evans-Hylton
Naomi Everett
Christopher Faison
Erika Flowers
Stacey Mei Yan Fong
Stella Fong
Cory Fontenot
Beth Forrest
Anestes Fotiades
Carlos Frias
Ian Froeb
Doug Frost
Nina Furstenau
J'nai Gaither
Andrew Galarneau
Christine Gallagher
Amethyst Ganaway
John Garland
Zachary Geballe
Marissa Gencarelli
Pam George
Alecia Ghilarducci
Faye Gibson
Rekaya Gibson
Sarah Gim
Mariah Gladstone
Jane Godiner
Lewis Gordon
Paige Grandjean
Phyllis Grant
Lyndsay Green
Will Green
Leeanne Griffin
Liz Grossman
Kathy Gunst
Kim Haasarud
Melissa Hall
Roscoe Hall
Eric Ham
Katherine Hamilton
Gregory Han
Tami Hardeman
Jenn Harris
Kristen Hartley
Caroline Hatchett
Emily Havener
Donald Hawk
Chris Hays
Gary He
Kelii Heen
Andrea Hernandez Aliseda
Keith Herndon
Kamau High
Daniel Hintz
Anthony Hoang
Sandra Holl
Sharon Holland
Baxter Holmes
Melissa Hom
Souris Hong
Wanda Hopkins
Jake Howell
Tom Hudgens
Kellie Hynes
Ray Isle
Amber Jackson
Brooke Jackson-Glidden
Rita Jammet
Zahir Janmohamed
Michael Jenkins
Daphne Jenkins-Holbrook
Brad johnson
Brennan Johnson
Shannon Johnson
Sicily Johnson
Reginald Jones
Mike Jordan
Maura Judkis
Carl Juste
Elena Kadvany
Astrid Kane
Faiyaz Kara
Jonathan Kauffman
Mahsa Kazemifar
Janet Keeler
Tiana Kennell
John Kessler
Lindsay Kido
Jaysn Kim
Cecily Kimura
Heather King
Matt Kirouac
Amanda Kirschner
Adjoa Kittoe
Hal Klein
Kimberly Kong
Pallavi Kottamasu
Lee Kowarski
Lindsey Kratochwil
Seth Kugel
Josh Kun
Karen Kunkel Young
Keris Kuwana
Ren LaForme
John Lamb
Kerri Laneau
Paul Lang
Lauren Lathrop
Randy Lau
Susan Laughlin
Albert Law
Christopher Lee
Yoon Soo Lee
David Leftwich
Jane Lerner
Robin Leventhal
Drew Lewis
Jaime Lewis
Lisa Lin
Cassandra Loftlin
Vallery Lomas
James Loo
K.C. Loquaci Cornwell
Virginia Lora
Kaitlin Lott
Christian Lowe
Marela Lucero-Lee
Mackensy Lunsford
Brandon Luong
William Lyle
Mickey Lyons
Tiffany MacIsaac
Krystal Mack
Sarah Maiellano
Anita Mannur
Stephanie March
Eli Marias
Nevin Martell
Leigh-Ann Martin
Robey Martin
Ismael Martinez
Luis Martinez
Amie Marvel
Suzanne Masri
Keia Mastrianni
Tim Mazurek
Melissa McCart
Kate McCarty
Marisa McClellan
David McDuff
Andrea McHugh
Angelica McKinley
Alice McLean
Kate Medley
Veronica Meewes
Stuart Melling
Phoebe Melnick
Tricia Melton
Natalia Mendez
Matthew Meschede
Adrian Miller
Baxter Miller
Douglass Miller
Wendy Miller
Nikki Miller-Ka
Jeffrey Miranda
Deah Mitchell
Jason Mitchell
Samantha Mitchell
Cindy Mitrovitch
Natalia Molina
Ignazio Monda
Melissa Montalvo
Paul Montoya
Marisa Moore
Tim Moore
Carlos Morales
Maria Moreno
Diane Morgan
Daniel Moroyoqui
David Morris
Sarah Mosqueda
Kyle Nabilcy
Sukanta Nag
Harsha Nahata
Francine Nazario
Neomi Negron
Denise Neil
Sam Nelis
Mark Neufang
Eric Neuhaus
Brandi Neuwirth
Kara Newman
Diana Nguyen
Tien nguyen
Josh Noel
Thomas Nolan
Jennifer Nurse
Leah Ollman
Briana Olson
Steven Olson
Bao Ong
Leslie Oster
Sarahlynn Pablo
Jackie Page
Michael Page
Neath Pal
Zella Palmer
Keith Pandolfi
Caroline Pardilla
Maia Parish
Lena Park
Michael Park
Brad Parsons
Melissa Pasanen
Octavio Pena
Shannan Perciballi
Anne Petito
Uyen Pham
Damaris Phillips
Simone Phillips
Sarah Pierre
Brenda Popritkin
Jed Portman
Beth Price
Isabel Protomartir
Rogelio Puente
Jeff Quattrone
Jose Ralat
Chandra Ram
Christopher Ramelb
Marc Ramirez
Sophia Ramirez
Stephanie Ramlogan
Justin Randall
Sonia Rao
Cynthia Rebolledo
Alec Reeder
Susan Reigler
Kris Repuszka
Sandra Rice
Evette Rios
Danielle Rista
Keli Rivers
Jenna Robinson
Polly Anna Rocha
Jesse Rodriguez
Les Roka
David Rosendorf
Michael Rudin
Titus Ruscitti
Erin Russell
Katrina Ryan
Celia Sack
Anne Saini
Vina Sananikone
Eric Sandler
Alexandra Santiago
Marc Schermerhorn
Jaime Schick
Layla Schlack
Craig Schoettler
Rachel Seis
Betsi Selset
Luca Servodio
Pervaiz Shallwani
Megan Shepherd
Spencer Shroyer
Marnie Shure
Ted Sickler
Tom Sietsema
Krista Simmons
Robert Simonson
Kevin Sintumuang
Cole Sisson
Darren Smith
Jasmine Smith
Nicole Smith
Paul Smith
Alana Snyder
Felipa Solis
Anna Spiegel
Alexander Springer
Amiel Stanek
Susan Stapleton
Nichelle Stephens
Regan Stephens
Sandra Stevenson
Tambra Stevenson
Dillon Stewart
Gene Stone
Brenda Storch
Amber Stott
Joy Summers
Evan Sung
Fred Sweets
Hikalu Takahashi
Kanna Takeuchi
Nandini Talwar
Ruth Tam
Wilson Tang
Angel Teta
Biju Thomas
Sarah Thomas
Wendy Tien
Edmund Tijerina
Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart
Lauren Titus
Ruth Tobias
Rosalind Tordesillas
Priscilla Totiyapungprasert
Audarshia Townsend
Douglas Trattner
Jean Trinh
Margo True
Matthew Trueherz
Chas Truslow
Esther Tseng
Alicia Underlee Nelson
Karl Johan Uri
Jackie Varriano
Eleanor Vassili
Paulina Velasco
Alexander Velez
Allecia Vermillion
Andres Verzosa
Elizabeth Vilardi
Desire Vincent Levy
Brooke Vosika
Sean Walklin
Kayleigh Walsh
John Wang
Brigid Washington
Brandon Watson
Diana Watts
Jeff Wielgopolan
Lora Wiley-Lennartz
Melanie Wilkerson
Clay Williams
Ennion Williams
Enrika Williams
Sheree Williams
Vonnie Williams
John-John Williams IV
Psyche Williams-Forson
Virginia Willis
Cary Wilton
Crystal Wink
Scott Wink
Amanda Wong
Candice Woo
Nicolas Woo
Sara Woodward
David Yasuda
Christopher Yates
Chin-Feng Yeh
Joe Yonan
Irene Yoo
Rosa María Zamarrón
Kathleen Zelman
Annelies Zijderveld
Susan Zubik
Maija Zummo
Yvonne Zusel