![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the first time in 10 years New Orleans has been shut out from the top honors.Īdam Evans, chef of Birmingham, Alabama’s three-year-old Automatic Seafood and Oysters, won best chef, South, and in his acceptance speech credited his first cooking gig in New Orleans with shaping his culinary career: At 21, Evans cooked at Bacco, a former French Quarter restaurant from Ralph and Cindy Brennan, before working with French chef Gerard Maras to open Ralph’s on the Park. ![]() This year, New Orleans had 12 semifinalists across five categories, with six local contenders making the finalist list: Serigne Mbaye, the chef behind Dakar Nola, for emerging chef Blake Aguillard and Trey Smith ( Saint-Germain), Melissa Martin ( Mosquito Supper Club), and Isaac Toups ( Toups’ Meatery) for best chef, South and Brennan’s for outstanding restaurant. No New Orleans chefs or restaurants took home a medal from the James Beard Awards ceremony in Chicago on Monday night, getting shut out of three categories with local finalists, including emerging chef best chef, South and outstanding restaurant - although New Orleans did get a number of shoutouts throughout the livestreamed awards show, including one from the host, chef Kwame Onwuachi, about Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, which earned an America’s classics award from the James Beard Foundation in 2014. ![]()
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