James Beard Award Winners 2025. Texas claimed 39 restaurants, chefs and professionals who were nominated as semifinalists for the 2025 james beard awards. Two acclaimed san diego county chefs, animae’s tara monsod and valle’s robert alcocer, were named semifinalists wednesday for a 2025 james beard award in the category of best chef:.

Harry cheadle is an eater writer and. The list includes five minnesota chefs named as a semifinalist for best.