Mona Tongdee

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Pusadee’s Garden

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Yuan Tang

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Rooster & Owl

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Matthew Kern

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

One Coastal

Fenwick Island, Delaware

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Daniel Klenotic

Best Chef Great Lakes

Bellflower

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Amy Brandwein

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Centrolina

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Randy Rucker

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

River Twice

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Carlos Aparicio

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

El Chingon

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Esther Lee

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Obelisk

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Zak Stern

Best Chef California

Daytrip

Oakland, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Elaine Townsend

Best Chef Great Lakes

Cafe Mochiko

Cincinatti, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Avishar Barua

Best Chef Great Lakes

Joya's

Worthington, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Hajime Sato

Best Chef Great Lakes

Sozai

Clawson, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2024

Keem Hughley

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Bronze

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Harley Peet

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Bas Rouge

Easton, Maryland

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2024

James Martin

Best Chef Great Lakes

Bocadillo Market

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

All Night Skate

Outstanding Bar

Brooklyn, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Dane DeMarco

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Gass & Main

Haddonfield, New Jersey

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Nur-E Gulshan Rahman

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Korai Kitchen

Jersey City, New Jersey

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Rogelio Garcia

Best Chef California

Auro

Calistoga, California

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Laura Ozyilmaz

Best Chef California

Dalida

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Michael Procaccini

Best Chef California

La Parolaccia

Long Beach, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Erik Bentz

Best Chef Great Lakes

Cafe Mochiko

Cincinatti, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Donald Young

Best Chef Great Lakes

Duck Sel

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Sujan Sarkar

Best Chef Great Lakes

Indienne

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Jeffery Harris

Best Chef Great Lakes

Nolia Kitchen

Cincinatti, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Jose Salazar

Best Chef Great Lakes

Mita’s

Cincinatti, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Kate Lasky

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Apteka

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Cybille St.Aude-Tate

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Honeysuckle Provisions

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

David Zamudio

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Alma Cocina Latina

Baltimore, Maryland

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Angel Barreto

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Anju

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Tail Up Goat 

Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

Washington D.C., District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Kenneth Wan

Emerging Chef of the Year

MAKfam

Denver, Colorado

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Make My Cake

Outstanding Bakery

New York, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

The Burque Bakehouse

Outstanding Bakery

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Convenience West

Outstanding Restaurant

Marfa, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Gemma

Outstanding Hospitality

Dallas, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Middle Brow  

Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Tony Conte

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana

Darnestown, Maryland

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

C-Y Chia

Best Chef California

Lion Dance Café

Oakland, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Tara Monsod

Best Chef California

Animae

San Diego, California

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Azalina Eusope

Best Chef California

Azalina's

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Sayat Ozyilmaz

Best Chef California

Dalida

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Kristina Liedags Compton

Best Chef California

Hilda and Jesse

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Stefano Procaccini

Best Chef California

La Parolaccia

Long Beach, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Diego Argoti

Best Chef California

Poltergeist

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Christian Yang

Best Chef California

Yang's Kitchen

Alhambra, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Salvador Fernandez

Best Chef Great Lakes

Bridges Craft Pizza & Wine Bar

Greencastle, Indiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Joe Frillman

Best Chef Great Lakes

Daisies

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Jenner Tomaska

Best Chef Great Lakes

Esme

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Douglas Hewitt

Best Chef Great Lakes

Freya

Detroit, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Diana Dávila Boldin

Best Chef Great Lakes

Mi Tocaya Antojeria

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

John Yelinek

Best Chef Great Lakes

Ladder 4 Wine Bar

Detroit, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

The Alna Store

Best New Restaurant

Alna, Maine

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Ji Hye Kim

Best Chef Great Lakes

Miss Kim

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Thomas Melvin

Best Chef Great Lakes

Vida

Indianapolis, Indiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Tomasz Skowronski

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Apteka

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Omar Tate

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Honeysuckle Provisions

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Bywater

Outstanding Restaurant

Warren, Rhode Island

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Najmieh Batmanglij

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Joon

Vienna, Virginia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Christopher Morgan

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Joon

Vienna, Virginia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Sắp Sửa

Best New Restaurant

Denver, Colorado

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Bufalina

Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

Austin, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Sarah Minnick

Outstanding Chef

Lovely's Fifty

Portland, Oregon

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Dan Kluger

Outstanding Chef

Loring Place

New York, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

David Uygur

Outstanding Chef

Lucia

Dallas, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Eunji Lee

Outstanding Pastry Chef

Lysée

New York, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Bryce Stevenson

Emerging Chef of the Year

Miijim

La Pointe, Wisconsin

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Kimberly Mcintosh

Outstanding Pastry Chef

MILKFISH Bakeshop

Las Vegas, Nevada

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Koffeteria

Outstanding Bakery

Houston, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Amalga Distillery

Outstanding Bar

Juneau, Alaska

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Shan

Best New Restaurant

Bozeman, Montana

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Ajja

Best New Restaurant

Raleigh, North Carolina

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Joshua Mcintosh

Outstanding Pastry Chef

MILKFISH Bakeshop

Las Vegas, Nevada

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Shatila Bakery

Outstanding Bakery

Dearborn, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Rocky Coronado

Emerging Chef of the Year

Nepantla

Detroit, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Lawrence Weeks

Emerging Chef of the Year

North of Bourbon

Louisville, Kentucky

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Atsuko Fujimoto

Outstanding Pastry Chef

Norimoto Bakery

Portland, Maine

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2024

Travis Milton

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Hickory at Nicewonder Farm and Vineyards

Bristol, Virginia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Nicolas Poilevey

Outstanding Restaurateur

Obelix, Le Bouchon, Taqueria Chingón

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Sado

Best New Restaurant

Louis, Missouri

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Shane Stanbridge

Best Chef California

Lion Dance Café

Oakland, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Sam Habibeh

Best Chef California

Ammatolií

Long Beach, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Robert LeBlanc

Outstanding Restaurateur

LeBlanc + Smith (Sylvain, The Chloe, The Will & The Way and others)

New Orleans, Louisiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Oliver Poilevey

Outstanding Restaurateur

Obelix, Le Bouchon, Taqueria Chingón

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Geoff Davis

Best Chef California

Burdell

Oakland, California

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Srijith Gopinathan

Best Chef California

Copra

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Elvia Garcia

Best Chef California

Evil Cooks

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Alex Garcia

Best Chef California

Evil Cooks

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Buu “Billy” Ngo

Best Chef California

Kru

Sacramento, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Lord Maynard Llera

Best Chef California

Kuya Lord

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2024

Alisa Reynolds

Best Chef California

My 2 Cents

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Jihee Kim

Best Chef California

Perilla

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Alfonso Martinez

Best Chef California

Poncho's Tlayudas

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Jeong-In Hwang

Best Chef California

San Ho Won

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Kristina Costa

Outstanding Pastry Chef

Loquat

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Joseph Fontelera

Best Chef Great Lakes

Boonie's Filipino Restaurant

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Bj Lieberman

Best Chef Great Lakes

Chapman's Eat Market

Columbus, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Vinnie Cimino

Best Chef Great Lakes

Cordelia

Cleveland, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024

Laile Fairbairn

Outstanding Restaurateur

Locally Grown Restaurants (Snow City Cafe, South Restaurant + Coffeehouse, and Spenard Roadhouse)

Anchorage, Alaska

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2024

Jesse Ito

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Royal Sushi & Izakaya

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2024