Tag: James Beard

No Minnesota chefs named finalists but Shawn McKenzie honored in Outstanding Baker category

Well. What a strange list of semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards. Lots of familiar names were omitted, and lots of new names listed - that's fun! One person is being savaged in...

Gavin Kaysen's North Loop restaurant among Best New Restaurant finalists

The Young Joni chef won Best Chef: Midwest

Congratulations to a trio of woman chefs at Minneapolis restaurants named finalists for the 2019 James Beard Awards. Young Joni's Ann Kim, Grand Cafe's Jamie Malone, and Hai Hai's Christina Nguyen made it to...