Category: Awards & Accolades

Fifteen Arizona chefs and restaurants have been announced as semifinalists for this year’s James Beard Awards, the culinary world’s equivalent of the Oscars: Best Chef Southwest: Lori Hashimoto (Hana Japanese Eatery, Phoenix), Giovanni Scorzo (Andreoli Italian Grocer, Scottsdale), John Martinez

Cider Corps in downtown Mesa is the fifth-best cidery – out of more than 800 – in the United States according to USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice contest. A panel of experts and 10Best editors picked the initial nominees for

For what it’s worth: ‘‘The 101 Best Pizzas in America’’ include three in Arizona, according to The Daily Meal. The food and drink website’s annual rankings put Pizzeria Bianco (pictured) in Phoenix at No. 14 and Cibo in Phoenix at

Century Grand, the train-themed cocktail bar in Arcadia, is one of four finalists for Best New American Cocktail Bar in the Spirited Awards. The 10-month-old bar, restaurant and bottle shop is the first from Arizona to make the finals in

The annual James Beard Awards, the culinary world’s equivalent of the Oscars, have been canceled for 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year’s finalists in the various categories were announced May 4, and winners were to be

Congrats to Chrysa Robertson of Rancho Pinot in Scottsdale, Silvana Salcido Esparza of Barrio Cafe in Phoenix and Jeff Smedstad of Elote Cafe in Sedona, who were named finalists for Best Chef Southwest in the prestigious James Beard Awards. Pizzeria

Twenty-two Arizona chefs and restaurants have received nominations for this year’s James Beard Awards, the culinary world’s equivalent of the Oscars. Ten of those were nominated for Best Chef Southwest, a newly reconfigured geographical category that now includes Arizona, New

Huge congrats to Charleen Badman, the chef and co-owner of FnB in Scottsdale who was named Best Chef Southwest at the annual James Beard Awards in Chicago on Monday night. The victory at the Beard Awards, the culinary world’s version of the