Two Alabama restaurants, one chef among semifinalists for 2023 James Beard Awards
Two Alabama restaurants and one chef have made the list of semifinalists for the 2023 James Beard Awards.
The James Beard Foundation announced its restaurant and chef semifinalists this morning.
The semifinalists from Alabama are:
Pizza Grace, Birmingham, for best new restaurant.
Bottega, Birmingham, for outstanding hospitality.
Timothy Hontzas, Johnny’s Restaurant, Homewood, for best chef in the South.
Hontzas, a semifinalist for the sixth year, also advanced as a finalist for best chef in the South last year, along with eventual winner Adam Evans of Automatic Seafood and Oysters.
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Each category includes 20 semifinalists, and the field will be narrowed to five finalists on March 29.
The overall winners will be announced at the 2023 James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony on June 5 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Previous James Beard Award winners from Alabama include:
Adam Evans, Automatic Seafood and Oysters, Birmingham, best chef South, 2022.
Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, most outstanding restaurant, 2018.
Dolester Miles, Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, most outstanding pastry chef, 2018.
Chris Hastings, Hot and Hot Fish Club, Birmingham, best chef South, 2012.
The Bright Star, Bessemer, America’s Classic winner, 2010.
Frank Stitt, Highlands Bar and Grill, best chef Southeast, 2001.
For the complete list of all of this year’s restaurant and chef semifinalists, go here.
This post will be updated.
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