Lara Lee

Home Cooking

Sour Power

Food & Wine

Journalism

Winner

2023

Jessie YuChen

Home Cooking

How to Hot Pot: the Method (and the Madness) Behind Our Favorite Communal Meal

Bon Appétit

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Erik Ramirez

Outstanding Chef

Llama Inn

Brooklyn, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Adrienne Cheatham

General

Sunday Best: Cooking Up the Weekend Spirit Every Day: A Cookbook

(Clarkson Potter)

Book

Nominee

2023

Le Caveau

Outstanding Bar Program

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Cafe La Trova

Outstanding Bar Program

Miami, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Mutsuko Soma

Best Chef Northwest & Pacific

Kamonegi

Seattle, Washington

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Nicholas Goellner

Best Chef Midwest

The Antler Room

Kansas City, Missouri

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Rob Roy

Outstanding Bar Program

Seattle, Washington

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Karen Brooks

Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review

Vietnamese Food Goes Rogue at Portland's Berlu; Kann Is Portland Monthly's Restaurant of the Year: 2022; Michelin-Starred Chef Matthew Lightner Seeds Oregon's Next Food Revolution at Okta

Portland Monthly

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Noah Galuten

Restaurant and Professional

Bludso's BBQ Cookbook: A Family Affair in Smoke and Soul

(Ten Speed Press)

Book

Winner

2023

Layla Khoury-Hanold

Personal Essay with Recipes

In My 40th Year, I Finally Made Pita Bread

Food52

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Niki Nakayama

Outstanding Chef

n/naka

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Cathy Erway

Columns and Newsletters

The Case for the Supermarket Supershopper; A Maximalist New Wave for Instant Noodles; We All Scream for Asian American Ice Cream

TASTE

Journalism

Nominee

2023

David Vargas

Outstanding Chef

Vida Cantina

Portsmouth, Maine

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Kiran Verma

Best Chef Texas

Kiran's

Houston, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

The Gin Room

Outstanding Bar Program

St Louis, Missouri

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

JJ Goode

Restaurant and Professional

Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans

(Ten Speed Press)

Book

Nominee

2023

Lazy Bear

Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Mita's

Outstanding Restaurant

Cincinnati, Ohio

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Neal Bodenheimer

Beverage with Recipes

Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix 'Em from the Award-Winning Bar

(Abrams Books)

Book

Nominee

2023

Jeremy Bearman

Best Chef South

Oceano Kitchen

Lantana, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Paul Fehribach

Best Chef Great Lakes

Big Jones

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Suerte

Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

Austin, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Chris Williams

Outstanding Restaurateur

Lucille's Hospitality Group (Lucille's, Lucille's 1913, Emile's Black Point Bistro, and others)

Houston, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Natalia Molina

Reference, History, and Scholarship

A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community

(University of California Press)

Book

Nominee

2023

Madhur Jaffrey

Lifetime Achievement

Winner

2023

Sanaa Abourezk

Best Chef Midwest

Sanaa's Gourmet Mediterranean

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Andy Baraghani

General

The Cook You Want to Be: Everyday Recipes to Impress

(Lorena Jones Books)

Book

Winner

2023

Oscar Amador

Best Chef Southwest

Anima by EDO

Las Vegas, Nevada

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Commander's Palace

Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

New Orleans, Louisiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Margarita Manzke

Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker

République

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2023

Jeffery philip Fournier

Best Chef Northeast

Thompson House Eatery

Jackson, New Hampshire

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Hannah Black

Restaurant and Professional

Please Wait To Be Tasted: The Lil' Deb's Oasis Cookbook

(Princeton Architectural Press)

Book

Nominee

2023

Michael Stoltzfus

Best Chef South

Coquette

New Orleans, Louisiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Beau Schooler

Best Chef Northwest & Pacific

In Bocca Al Lupo

Juneau, Alaska

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Thai Dang

Best Chef Great Lakes

HaiSous

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Via Carota

Outstanding Restaurant

New York, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Eder Montero

Outstanding Chef

La Vara

Brooklyn, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Alex Brennan-Martin

Best Chef Southwest

Lom Wong

Phoenix, Arizona

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

The Restaurant at 1900

Outstanding Hospitality

Mission Woods, Kansas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Shane Mitchell Ms

Feature Reporting

Blood Sweat & Tears

The Bitter Southerner

Journalism

Winner

2023

Mason Hereford

Restaurant and Professional

Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans

(Ten Speed Press)

Book

Nominee

2023

Crista Chapman

Innovative Storytelling

How One New York City Restaurant Fought To Survive

The New York Times

Journalism

Nominee

2023

The Tennessean Staff

Innovative Storytelling

Uneven Ground: Exceptional Black farmers and their fight to flourish in the South

The Tennessean

Journalism

Nominee

2023

rosin Thrillist Staff

Innovative Storytelling

Night Market

Thrillist

Journalism

Winner

2023

Alice Driver

Investigative Reporting

Animal Agriculture Is Dangerous Work. The People Who Do It Have Few Protections.; ‘I Was Coughing So Hard I Would Throw Up’; Tyson Says Its Nurses Help Workers. Critics Charge They Stymie OSHA.

Civil Eats

Journalism

Winner

2023

Dana Rodriguez

Outstanding Chef

Super Mega Bien

Denver, Colorado

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Gina Marinelli

Best Chef: Southwest

Harlo

Las Vegas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Meghan McCarron

Investigative Reporting

Chef's Fable; Can This Farm Fix Agriculture If It Can’t Fix Itself?; Feed the Rich, Save the Planet?

Eater

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Abbi Merriss

Best Chef Great Lakes

Bluebeard

Indianapolis, Indiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Johnny Leach

Outstanding Chef

The Town Company

Kansas City, Missouri

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Timon Balloo

Best Chef South

The Katherine

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Sheldon Simeon

Best Chef Northwest & Pacific

Tiffany's

Wailuku, Hawaii

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Valerie Chang

Best Chef South

Itamae

Miami, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Fatima Ali

Literary Writing

Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More

(Ballantine Books)

Book

Winner

2023

Betsy Andrews

Health and Wellness

How the Supreme Court Decision Exacerbated the Dire State of Bar Industry Healthcare

SevenFifty Daily

Journalism

Winner

2023

NAOMI DUGUID

Single Subject

The Miracle of Salt: Recipes and Techniques to Preserve, Ferment, and Transform Your Food

(Artisan Books)

Book

Nominee

2023

Ji Hye Kim

Best Chef Great Lakes

Miss Kim

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Samuel S Charles

Best Chef Midwest

Rodina

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Gregory Collier

Outstanding Chef

Leah & Louise

Charlotte, North Carolina

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Dish City

Audio Program

Dish City

The complicated legacy of Asian-owned carryouts in D.C.'s Black neighborhoods

WAMU 88.5 and various podcast platforms

Broadcast Media

Nominee

2023

Ron Hsu

Best Chef Southeast

Lazy Betty

Atlanta, Georgia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Elizabeth Dunn

Audio Reporting

Pressure Cooker

The Twisted History of School Lunch in America

Broadcast Media

Winner

2023

Jeff Chanchaleune

Best Chef Southwest

Ma Der Lao Kitchen

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Emma Janzen

Beverage with Recipes

The Bartender's Manifesto: How to Think, Drink, and Create Cocktails Like a Pro

(Clarkson Potter)

Book

Winner

2023

Jim Embry

Leadership Award

Winner

2023

Renee Erickson

Outstanding Chef

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Seattle, Washington

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Deborah R VanTrece

Best Chef Southeast

Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours

Atlanta, Georgia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Andrew Blanton

Best Chef Mountain

Cafe Kandahar

Whitefish, Montana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Valerie Horn

Leadership Award

Winner

2023

Ira Wallace

Leadership Award

Winner

2023

Joy Crump

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

FOODE

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Rowen White

Leadership Award

Winner

2023

Junior Borges

Outstanding Chef

Meridian

Dallas, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

The Local

Outstanding Hospitality

Abilene, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Here's Looking at You

Outstanding Hospitality

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Charleston

Outstanding Hospitality

Baltimore, Maryland

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Yuka Ioroi

Outstanding Restaurateur

Cassava

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Lisa Morehouse

Audio Reporting

California Foodways

‘We Just Have Faith’: Gold Country Jewish Community Strives to Connect Through COVID”; “Ojai's Famous Pixie Tangerine Struggles to Survive Wildfires and a Hot Real Estate Market”; “Cafeteria Cook Brings Gourmet Dishes Inspired by Palauan Childhood to Lass

KQED and various podcast platforms

Broadcast Media

Nominee

2023

House of Prime Rib

Outstanding Hospitality

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

The Black Cypress

Outstanding Hospitality

Pullman, Washington

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

David Nayfeld

Outstanding Chef

Che Fico

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Michael Reginbogin

Outstanding Restaurateur

KNEAD Hospitality + Design (MI VIDA, SUCCOTASH, and GATSBY)

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Hajime Sato

Outstanding Chef

Sozai

Clawson, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Rob Rubba

Outstanding Chef

Oyster Oyster

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2023

Erwan Heussaff

Social Media Account

Erwan

Broadcast Media

Winner

2023

Jeromy Ko

Social Media Account

Nom Life

Broadcast Media

Nominee

2023

Eater's The Experts

Visual Media - Short Form

Eater's The Experts

How One of Philly's Best Pizza Spots Creates Jobs for the Formerly Incarcerated

YouTube

Broadcast Media

Nominee

2023

Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien

Visual Media - Short Form

Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien

Syndicated

Broadcast Media

Nominee

2023

Shaina Loew

Best Chef New York State

Cafe Mutton

Hudson, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Vishwesh Bhatt

U.S. Foodways

I Am From Here: Stories and Recipes from a Southern Chef

(W.W. Norton & Company)

Book

Winner

2023

Ángelo Álvarez

Visuals

The Sofrito Manifesto

(Self-Published)

Book

Nominee

2023

Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman

Best Chef Texas

José

Dallas, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Terry Koval

Best Chef Southeast

The Deer and the Dove

Decatur, Georgia

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2023

Joanna Hu

Visuals

Chinese-ish: Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic, 100% Delicious

(Interlink Books)

Book

Winner

2023

Armelle Habib

Visuals

Chinese-ish: Home Cooking Not Quite Authentic, 100% Delicious

(Interlink Books)

Book

Winner

2023

Martha Stoumen

Commercial/Sponsored Visual Media

California Natural by Martha Stoumen Wines

Broadcast Media

Nominee

2023

Daniel Klein

Commercial/Sponsored Visual Media

Las Chicatanas: The Oaxacan Ant Delicacy That Is Harvested Just Once a Year

Broadcast Media

Nominee

2023

Daniel Heinze

Best Chef Southeast

Vern's

Charleston, South Carolina

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023