James Beard Foundation

3 weeks ago | jamesbeard.org | Cory Knudsen

Today, we are announcing the 2025 Restaurant and Chef Award nominees, as well as the Impact, Lifetime Achievement, and Humanitarian of the Year Award honorees, for the James Beard Awards® presented by Capital One. Winners will be revealed at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony on Monday, June 16 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

Jun 11, 2024 | jamesbeard.org | Byron Gomez

This August, 15 chefs dedicated to advocacy, sustainability, and food system change will gather at Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming in Cold Spring, New York for the 26th James Beard Foundation Chef Bootcamp for Policy and Change ™. For 12 years, this program has trained and inspired culinary leaders from across the country to mobilize in support of policy decisions that impact our food system.

Jun 11, 2024 | jamesbeard.org | Elizabeth Falkner

The James Beard Foundation's Climate Change for Restaurant Survival campaign is our ongoing effort to combat the significant impact of climate change on the independent restaurant industry, and the local economies it supports, from farmers to workers to diners. Last month, we brought together a group of award–winning chefs and a leading organic farmer to meet with members of Congress and staffers from the Biden Administration.

Dec 7, 2023 | jamesbeard.org | John Kessler

The rapid flowering of food writing over the last couple of decades presents a cultural moment: why food, and why now? We know why we want to eat it: we’re hungry, and it tastes good. But why do we want to complicate matters and tell stories about it? When so much writing about the cultural products we consume—film, music, the fine arts—has begun to contract and wither, why has food writing flourished to an unprecedented degree? It’s more than just the food.

Oct 3, 2023 | jamesbeard.org | Sophia F. Gottfried

The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for the restaurant industry, permanently shuttering 17 percent of restaurants nationwide, and revealing inequities and vulnerabilities baked into the foundations of these businesses. But there is hope on the horizon, as vaccines roll out and more food professionals are immunized.