Tonight, in a star-studded ceremony on the Lyric Opera in Chicago, the James Beard Basis introduced the winners of the 2025 James Beard Awards, thought of the best accolade for cooks and restaurateurs in America. Within the main classes, Frasca Meals and Wine in Boulder, Colorado was named Excellent Restaurant, Jungsik Yim of Jungsik in New York Metropolis took house the award for Excellent Chef, and Bûcheron in Minneapolis was named Greatest New Restaurant. It was a giant evening generally for NYC, which was shut out of the most important classes totally final 12 months: This 12 months, Atomix received for Excellent Hospitality, whereas the staff of Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr (of Frenchette, Le Veau d’ Or, and Le Rock) received Excellent Restaurateur.
This night’s Restaurant and Chef Awards observe Saturday’s Media Awards hosted by Padma Lakshmi, which celebrated meals media working in cookbooks, journalism, and tv and audio. For this Thirty fifth-annual Restaurant and Chef Awards, Nyesha Arrington and Andrew Zimmern acted because the ceremony hosts.
Tonight’s award winners, chosen from a finalists record introduced on April 2, observe beforehand introduced 2025 Beard Award recipients: journalist and historian Toni Tipton-Martin (who earned the Lifetime Achievement Award), Cafe Momentum founder Chad Houser (who obtained the Humanitarian of the Yr Award), and the 5 winners of the Influence Award. A number of winners addressed the present political second instantly of their speeches — three particularly emphatically declared “fuck ICE” on the finish of their remarks. The total record of winners, beneath:
2025 James Beard Awards: Restaurant and Chef Award Winners
Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, Frenchette, Le Veau d’ Or, and Le Rock, New York, NY
Jungsik Yim, Jungsik, New York, NY
Frasca Meals and Wine, Boulder, CO
Phila Lorn, Mawn, Philadelphia, PA
Bûcheron, Minneapolis, MN
JinJu Patisserie, Portland, OR
Excellent Pastry Chef or Baker
Cat Cox, Nation Chook Bakery, Tulsa, OK
Excellent Wine and Different Drinks Program
Charleston, Baltimore, MD
Identidad Cocktail Bar, San Juan, PR
Excellent Skilled in Beverage Service
Arjav Ezekiel, Birdie’s, Austin, TX
Excellent Skilled in Cocktail Service
Ignacio Jimenez, Superbueno, New York, NY
Jon Yao, Kato, Los Angeles, CA
Greatest Chef: Nice Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)
Noah Sandoval, Oriole, Chicago, IL
Greatest Chef: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
Carlos Delgado, Causa and Amazonia, Washington, D.C.
Greatest Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)
Karyn Tomlinson, Myriel, St. Paul, MN
Greatest Chef: Mountain (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
Salvador Alamilla, Amano, Caldwell, ID
Greatest Chef: New York State
Vijay Kumar, Semma, New York, NY
Greatest Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Sky Haneul Kim, Reward Horse, Windfall, RI
Greatest Chef: Northwest & Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA)
Timothy Wastell, Antica Terra, Amity, OR
Greatest Chef: South (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, PR)
Nando Chang, Itamae AO, Miami, FL
Greatest Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)
Jake Howell, Peninsula, Nashville, TN
Greatest Chef: Southwest (AZ, NM, NV, OK)
Yotaka Martin, Lom Wong, Phoenix, AZ
Thomas Bille, Stomach of the Beast, Spring, TX
The next wins had been beforehand introduced:
2025 James Beard America’s Classics
• Lem’s Bar-B-Q, Chicago
• The Pioneer Saloon, Ketchum, ID
• Sullivan’s Fort Island, Boston
• Fortunate Wishbone, Anchorage, AK
• Dooky Chase, New Orleans, LA
• Gaido’s, Galveston, TX
• U.S. Consultant Angie Craig (the Rating Member of the Home Committee on Agriculture)
• Brandon Edwin Chrostowski (CEO of Edwins Management & Restaurant Institute)
• Anthony Edwards, Jr., (co-founder of Black-owned eating places information EatOkra)
• Seanicaa Edwards Herron (founder and government director of the Freedmen Heirs Basis)
• Dune Lankard (president and founding father of Native Conservancy)
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Extra photograph illustration credit: Getty Pictures for the James Beard Basis
