Rafael Rios

Best Chef South

Yeyo's El Alma de Mexico

Bentonville, Arkansas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Henry Moso

Best Chef South

Kabooki Sushi

Orlando, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Cafe La Trova

Outstanding Bar Program

Miami, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Kumi Omori

Best Chef South

Vestige

Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Amanda Cohen

Best Chef New York State

Dirt Candy

New York, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Jordan Herndon

Best Chef South

Palm & Pine

New Orleans, Louisiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Le Caveau

Outstanding Bar Program

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Lojo Washington

Best Chef South

Queen of Sheeba

West Palm Beach, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Esters Wine Shop & Bar

Outstanding Bar Program

Santa Monica, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

The Restaurant at 1900

Outstanding Hospitality

Mission Woods, Kansas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Gina Marinelli

Best Chef: Southwest

Harlo

Las Vegas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Hanna Raskin

Columns and Newsletters

Taking down a mammy complex; Decoding the Guild Guide; Seducing truckers with 'nanner pudding

The Food Section

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Mason Hereford

Restaurant and Professional

Turkey and the Wolf: Flavor Trippin' in New Orleans

(Ten Speed Press)

Book

Nominee

2023

Post Office Place

Outstanding Bar Program

Salt Lake City, Utah

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Silvana Salcido Salcido Esparza

Outstanding Chef

Barrio Café

Phoenix, Arizona

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Bar Leather Apron

Outstanding Bar Program

Honolulu, Hawaii

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2023

Kingfisher

Outstanding Bar Program

Durham, North Carolina

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

The Gin Room

Outstanding Bar Program

St Louis, Missouri

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Lucia

Outstanding Restaurant

Dallas, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Carlos Salgado

Best Chef California

Taco María

Costa Mesa, California

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Ji Hye Kim

Best Chef Great Lakes

Miss Kim

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Drastic Measures

Outstanding Bar Program

Shawnee, Kansas

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Valerie Chang

Best Chef South

Itamae

Miami, Florida

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

Fatima Ali

Literary Writing

Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More

(Ballantine Books)

Book

Winner

2023

Jori Lewis

Reference, History, and Scholarship

Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History

(The New Press)

Book

Winner

2023

Mourad

Outstanding Restaurant

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Jeff Chanchaleune

Best Chef Southwest

Ma Der Lao Kitchen

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Andrew Le

Outstanding Chef

The Pig and the Lady

Honolulu, Hawaii

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Madhur Jaffrey

Lifetime Achievement

Winner

2023

Ron Hsu

Best Chef Southeast

Lazy Betty

Atlanta, Georgia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Ellen Yin

Outstanding Restaurateur

High Street Hospitality Group (Fork, a.kitchen+bar, High Street, and others)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2023

Alice Zaslavsky

Vegetable-Focused Cooking

In Praise of Veg: The Ultimate Cookbook for Vegetable Lovers

(Appetite by Random House)

Book

Nominee

2023

Gregory Collier

Outstanding Chef

Leah & Louise

Charlotte, North Carolina

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Tamar Haspel

Literary Writing

To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard

(G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

Book

Nominee

2023

Melba's

Outstanding Hospitality

New York, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Samuel S Charles

Best Chef Midwest

Rodina

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Trick Dog

Outstanding Bar Program

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Jim Embry

Leadership Award

Winner

2023

Jamaal Lemon

Foodways

Come Hell or High Water, Oysters, Brewing, and How the Come Yahs & Bin Yahs Could End Sea Level Rise in Charleston

Good Beer Hunting

Journalism

Winner

2023

Hanna Raskin

Dining and Travel

The I-95 exit-by-exit eating guide; Don't leave home without your I-95 eating guide

The Food Section

Journalism

Winner

2023

Gray Beltran

Innovative Storytelling

How One New York City Restaurant Fought To Survive

The New York Times

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Phillip Ashley Rix

Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker

Phillip Ashley Chocolates

Memphis, Tennessee

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Sandy N Levine

Outstanding Restaurateur

Freya, Chartreuse, The Oakland, Dragonfly

Detroit, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Rowen White

Leadership Award

Winner

2023

Rob Rubba

Outstanding Chef

Oyster Oyster

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2023

Laura Reiley

Investigative Reporting

The fight to keep little-known bacteria out of powdered baby formula; Formula shortage adds to financial crunch for farmworker families; Whistleblower report on baby formula didn't reach top FDA food safety official

The Washington Post

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Gosia Wozniacka

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

Oxford American

Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication

Oxford American

Journalism

Nominee

2023

The Bitter Southerner

Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication

The Bitter Southerner

Journalism

Winner

2023

Renee Erickson

Outstanding Chef

The Walrus and the Carpenter

Seattle, Washington

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Hajime Sato

Outstanding Chef

Sozai

Clawson, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Alex Raij

Outstanding Chef

La Vara

Brooklyn, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

anahad oconnor

Health and Wellness

Coffee vs. tea smackdown; What are ultra-processed foods? What should I eat instead?; The best foods to feed your gut microbiome

The Washington Post

Journalism

Nominee

2023

Johnny Leach

Outstanding Chef

The Town Company

Kansas City, Missouri

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Shigeru Fukuyoshi

Outstanding Chef

Sagami

Collingswood, New Jersey

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Bottega

Outstanding Bar Program

Birmingham, Alabama

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Rachel Miller

Outstanding Chef

Nightshade Noodle Bar

Lynn, Massachusetts

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Melissa M. Martin

Best Chef South

Mosquito Supper Club

New Orleans, Louisiana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Abra Berens

Best Chef Great Lakes

Granor Farm

Three Oaks, Michigan

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Christine Ha

Outstanding Chef

Xin Chào

Houston, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

David Nayfeld

Outstanding Chef

Che Fico

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Kelly Whitaker

Outstanding Restaurateur

ID EST Hospitality Group (Basta, The Wolf's Tailor, BRUTØ, and others)

Boulder, Colorado

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

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

Dante

Outstanding Bar Program

New York, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Toby Maloney

Beverage with Recipes

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

(Clarkson Potter)

Book

Winner

2023

Alice Feiring

Beverage without Recipes

To Fall in Love, Drink This: A Wine Writer’s Memoir

(Scribner)

Book

Nominee

2023

Lark

Outstanding Hospitality

Seattle, Washington

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Lula Drake

Outstanding Hospitality

Columbia, South Carolina

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

The Quarry

Outstanding Hospitality

Monson, Maine

Restaurant & Chef

Winner

2023

Here's Looking at You

Outstanding Hospitality

Los Angeles, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

La Condesa

Outstanding Restaurant

Austin, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Theodore Rex

Outstanding Hospitality

Houston, Texas

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Manoli's

Outstanding Hospitality

Salt Lake City, Utah

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Krista Cole

Outstanding Restaurateur

Sur Lie and Gather Restaurant

Portland, Maine

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Elie Yigo

Outstanding Restaurateur

CITY GRIT Hospitality Group (smallSUGAR, CITY GRIT, Il Focolare Pizzeria and, others)

Columbia, South Carolina

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

The Whole Animal

Visual Media - Long Form

The Whole Animal

SOMM TV

Broadcast Media

Winner

2023

Michael Burk

Social Media Account

Kalamatas Kitchen

Of Course It's Kid Friendly

Broadcast Media

Nominee

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

RIS

Outstanding Restaurant

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Andrew Blanton

Best Chef Mountain

Cafe Kandahar

Whitefish, Montana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Michael Reginbogin

Outstanding Restaurateur

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

Washington, District of Columbia

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Tara Gallina

Outstanding Restaurateur

Take Root Hospitality (Vicia, Winslow's Table, Bistro La Floraison, and others)

St Louis, Missouri

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Kristoffer Toliao

Outstanding Restaurateur

Cassava

San Francisco, California

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

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

Timothy Hontzas

Best Chef South

Johnny's Restaurant

Homewood, Alabama

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Timon Balloo

Best Chef South

The Katherine

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Kirsten Foster

Outstanding Restaurateur

Foster Supply Hospitality (The DeBruce, Arnold House Tavern, and Kenoza Hall)

Livingston Manor, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Sepia

Outstanding Hospitality

Chicago, Illinois

Restaurant & Chef

Nominee

2023

Sims Foster

Outstanding Restaurateur

Foster Supply Hospitality (The DeBruce, Arnold House Tavern, and Kenoza Hall)

Livingston Manor, New York

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Albert McDonald

Outstanding Restaurateur

The Mint, Pizza Campania, Backcountry Burger Bar

Bozeman, Montana

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Mohamed Ali Alkassar

Outstanding Restaurateur

Alpareno Restaurant Group (Ghee Indian Kitchen, Orno, and Mamey)

Miami Beach, Florida

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Vishwesh Bhatt

U.S. Foodways

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

(W.W. Norton & Company)

Book

Winner

2023

Emanuel Reed

Outstanding Restaurateur

Slim & Husky's Pizza Beeria

Nashville, Tennessee

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Derrick Moore

Outstanding Restaurateur

Slim & Husky's Pizza Beeria

Nashville, Tennessee

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Jason Kerstein

Outstanding Restaurateur

Black Shoe Hospitality (Story Hill BKC, Buttermint Finer Dining & Cocktails, Blue's Egg, and others)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023

Foam Brewers

Outstanding Wine & Other Beverages Program

Burlington, Vermont

Restaurant & Chef

Semifinalist

2023