The James Beard Foundation also awards medals to honorees in food media, including cookbooks, TV shows, and journalism. Those nominees will be announced May 7 with the winners revealed June 14.

The James Beard Foundation unveiled its full list of James Beard Awards semifinalists today, Jan. 22, with more than a dozen Los Angeles County chefs and restaurants receiving recognition.

Mateo Mackbee, head chef at Krewe restaurant in St. Joseph, has been named a semi-finalist for one of the highest possible culinary honors – a James Beard Foundation award for regional “Best Chef.” ...

Named for the celebrated chef, cookbook author and television personality whom the New York Times called “the dean of American cookery,” the James Beard Awards were first presented in 1991 and ...

A chef who trained in Napa Valley, New York and London, RJ Yoakum is nominated for a Best Emerging James Beard Aware, though ...