James Beard Awards 2026

We chat with the James Beard best chef nominees from the Pacific.

Here are the James Beard best chef nominees from the Mid-Atlantic region.

We chat with this year's James Beard best chef nominees from the Northeast.

We chat with this year's James Beard Award best chef nominees from the Great Lakes.

We chat with the James Beard best chef nominees from the Southeast region.

Here are the James Beard best chef nominees from the Midwest.

Here are James Beard best chef nominees from the south.

Here are the James Beard best chef nominees from the northwest region.

We're interviewing all of the chefs who received 2011 James Beard Award nominations, category by category.

We sent a survey to every chef who received a 2011 James Beard Award nomination. Before the winners are announced Monday, we'll share their most interesting answers here, category by category. Let's look at the Rising Star Chef of the Year...