The James Beard Foundation has announce the 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists for the James Beard Award and it includes three Orlando nominees.
Established in 1990 and first awarded in 1991, the James Beard Foundation’s Restaurant and Chef Awards are one of five separate recognition programs of the James Beard Awards.
The awards recognize exceptional talent and achievement, and with the 2024 Restaurant and Chef semifinalists just announced, Orlando's Kabooki Sushi, Kadence and Kaya have all earned 2024 James Beard Award nominations.
The nominees will be announced on Wednesday, April 3, with the winners announced at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 10 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
The 2024 Restaurant and Chef semifinalists are recognized across 22 categories, with four Orlando chefs being named semi-finalists in two categories.
In the Best Chef: South Category (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, PR) , three Orlando chefs have been nominated, first up, Orlando's first James Beard Award finalist from last year, Henry Moso owner at Kabooki Sushi, has gained yet another nomination in this year's awards.
This will be Moso's four nomination, having been named a finalist in the category last year, and a semifinalist in 2022, plus in 2019 he was named a semifinalist in the Rising Star Chef of the Year Category.
Joining Moso in the Best Chef: South Category are first-time semifinalists jennifer Berdin and Mark Berdin, from Kadence.
Mark and Jennifer are both University of Florida alum, who after graduating moved to New York and then London to train in Michelin-starred restaurants. and are certified advanced sake professionals.
In the Best New Restaurant Category, Kaya has earned a nomination. Kaya is owned and operated by Chef Lordfer Lalicon and General Manager Jamilyn Salonga Bailey, alongside Lo’s wife Julie Anne and investor partners Johnny Tung and John Rife III, longtime friends.
More information on the awards can be found at JamesBeard.org.
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