YouвЂ™ll find haute French cuisine in the historic Old Market with natural wines and craft cocktails, and creative sushi made with smoked, charred, or aged fish. Meanwhile, many of the cityвЂ™s most innovative chefs are looking abroad. DonвЂ™t forget burgers, topped with ham and fried eggs, packed with bulgogi, or slathered with bourbon bacon jam. Steakhouses range from the nearly century-old JohnnyвЂ™s Cafe to the modern Committee Chophouse, where big cuts of meat come with big prices. It persists as a point of pride, a rallying call for the stateвЂ™s largest city, where locals love eating out.ДЄbove all else, Omaha is about steak, medium rare. The factoid is repeated over and over, and its accuracy has ceased to matter. Quy Hoang, Blood Bros.ThereвЂ™s an old statistic that bounces around in Nebraska: Omaha has the most restaurants per capita of any city of comparable size (around 1 million people in the metro area).Tiffany Derry, Roots Southern Table, Farmers Branch, TX.Giovanni Scorzo, Andreoli Italian Grocer, Scottsdale, AZ.

Salazar Brothers, La Guelaguetza, Albuquerque, NM.MartГn Rios, Restaurant MartГn, Santa Fe.Isaac Toups, ToupsвЂ™ Meatery, New Orleans.Martin, Mosquito Supper Club, New Orleans Timothy Hontzas, JohnnyвЂ™s Restaurant, Homewood, AL.Adam Evans, Automatic Seafood and Oysters, Birmingham, AL.Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith, Saint-Germain, New Orleans.Ricky Moore, SALTBOX Seafood Joint, Durham, NCД«est Chef: South (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, PR).Philip Krajeck, Rolf and Daughters, Nashville.Greg Collier, Leah & Louise, Charlotte, NC.

Thomas Pisha-Duffly, OmaвЂ™s Hideaway, Portland, ORД«est Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV):.

Carlo Lamagna, Magna Kusina, Portland, OR.

Damian Sansonetti, Chaval, Portland, MEД«est Chef: Northwest and Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA):.

Courtney Loreg, Woodford Food and Beverage, Portland, ME.

Eric Skokan, Black Cat Farm Table Bistro, Boulder, COД«est Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT):.

Yia Vang, Union Hmong Kitchen, MinneapolisД«est Chef: Mountain (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY):.

Karen Bell, Bavette La Boucherie, Milwaukee.

Chutatip вЂњNokвЂќ Suntaranon, Kalaya Thai Kitchen, PhiladelphiaД«est Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI):.

Cristina Martinez, South Philly Barbacoa, Philadelphia.

Amy Brandwein, Centrolina, Washington, D.C.

Erick Williams, Virtue Restaurant & Bar, ChicagoД«est Chef: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA):.

John Shields and Karen Urie Shields, Smyth, Chicago.

Pim Techamuanvivit, Nari, San Francisco.

Sarintip вЂњJazzвЂќ Singsanong, Jitlada, Los Angeles.

Brandon Jew, Mister JiuвЂ™s, San Francisco.

barmini by JosГ© AndrГ©s, Washington, D.C.

Caroline Schweitzer and Lauren Heemstra, Wild Crumb, Bozeman, MT.

Atsuko Fujimoto, Norimoto Bakery, Portland, ME.

Maya-Camille Broussard, Justice of the Pies, Chicago.

Claudia Martinez, Miller Union, Atlanta.

Warda Bouguettaya, Warda PГўtisserie, Detroit.

Ellen Yin, High Street Hospitality Group (Fork, a.kitchen + bar, High Street Philly, and others), Philadelphia.

Chris Williams, LucilleвЂ™s Hospitality Group, Houston.

Akkapong вЂњEarlвЂќ Ninsom, Langbaan, Hat Yai, Eem, and others, Portland, OR.

Kevin Gillespie, Red Beard Restaurants (Gunshow and Revival), Atlanta.

Chris Bianco, Tratto, Pane Bianco, and Pizzeria Bianco, Phoenix.

Ashok Bajaj, Knightsbridge Restaurant Group (Rasika, Bindaas, Annabelle, and others), Washington, D.C.

Here is the complete list of 2022 nominees: James Beard Award-winning cookbook author, culinary historian, and filmmaker Grace Young will receive the Humanitarian of the Year Award for вЂњan individual or organization working in the food realm who has given selflessly and worked tirelessly to better the lives of others and society at large.вЂќ Young is being honored for her work to save AmericaвЂ™s Chinatowns amid Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) hate during the COVID-19 pandemic.Д¬hicagoвЂ™s Erika Allen, co-founder and operations CEO of Urban Growers Collective, a South Side-based nonprofit farm, was awarded a 2022 Leadership Award from the James Beard Foundation for her work to create a more equitable, healthy and just local food system. In addition to the chef/restaurant awards to be presented on Monday night,legendary celebrity chef/TV host/cookbook author Martin Yan will receive the JBF Lifetime Achievement Award for a вЂњlifetime body of work has had a positive and long-lasting impact on the way we eat, cook, and/or think about food in America.вЂќ Yan is perhaps most known for his cooking show вЂњYan Can Cook,вЂќ which spawned 3,500 episodes since its debut in 1978.

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