James Beard Foundation’s Call for Entries Is Open
Winning a James Beard Award is a crowning achievement of a chef or restaurateur’s career. The honor has been called the culinary equivalent of an Oscar or a Tony for good reason: It’s awarded by a group of peers, and an accolate of that magnitude could point a chef on an upward trajectory for the rest of his or her life. In addition, winning — or even being nominated for — a James Beard can put that chef’s city on the culinary map.