2025 James Beard Award Winners Announced: See The Full List

Restaurants and chefs in more than a dozen states were honored as 2025 James Beard Award winners Monday night at a ceremony at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago.

The awards, regarded as the Academy Awards of the U.S. restaurant industry, honor excellence across a range of categories, from fine dining to casual gems.

The winners were:

Outstanding Restaurateur
Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, Frenchette, Le Veau d' Or, and Le Rock, New York City

Outstanding ChefJungsik Yim, Jungsik, New York City

Outstanding Restaurant
Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder, Colorado

Emerging Chef
Phila Lorn, Mawn, Philadelphia

Best New Restaurant
Bûcheron, Minneapolis

Outstanding Bakery
JinJu Patisserie, Portland, Oregon

Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker
Cat Cox, Country Bird Bakery, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Outstanding Hospitality
Atomix, New York City

Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program
Charleston, Baltimore

Outstanding Bar
Kumiko, Chicago

Best New Bar
Identidad Cocktail Bar, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service
Arjav Ezekiel, Birdie's, Austin, Texas

Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service
Ignacio "Nacho" Jimenez, Superbueno, New York City

Best Chef: California
Jon Yao, Kato, Los Angeles

Best Chef: Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio)
Noah Sandoval, Oriole, Chicago

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Carlos Delgado, Causa and Amazonia, Washington, D.C.

Best Chef: Midwest (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakot, Wisconsin)
Karyn Tomlinson, Myriel, St. Paul, Minnesota

Best Chef: Mountain (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
Salvador Alamilla, Amano, Caldwell, Idaho

Best Chef: New York State
Vijay Kumar, Semma, New York City

Best Chef: Northeast (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Sky Haneul Kim, Gift Horse, Providence, Rhode Island

Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific (Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington)
Timothy Wastell, Antica Terra, Amity, Oregon

Best Chef: South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico)
Nando Chang, Itamae AO, Miami

Best Chef: Southeast (Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia)
Jake Howell, Peninsula, Nashville

Best Chef: Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma)
Yotaka Martin, Lom Wong, Phoenix

Best Chef: Texas
Thomas Bille, Belly of the Beast, Spring

2025 is the 35th anniversary of the prestigious culinary awards that recognize eateries and chefs who create exceptional food, food media content, and better food systems, according to the James Beard Foundation. Awards also recognize a demonstrated commitment to racial and gender equity, community, sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive. More on these awards can be found at JamesBeard.org.

This year in celebration of the pivotal anniversary, the 2025 Restaurant and Chef Awards were presented across 25 categories, with an expanded focus on beverages, introducing three new categories: Best New Bar, Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service, and Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service.

Other categories include outstanding restaurateur, outstanding chef, outstanding restaurant, emerging chef, best new restaurant, outstanding bakery, outstanding pastry chef or baker, outstanding hospitality, outstanding wine and other beverages program, outstanding bar and best chef.