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
- Amanda Faison
- 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
- 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
- Katy Spratte Joyce
- 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