Here are the Atlanta restaurants and chefs named as 2022 James Beard Award semifinalists

Photograph by Martha Williams

Last week, Atlanta’s beloved Busy Bee Cafe was honored with a James Beard Classics Award, a prelude to today’s announcement of the seminfinalists for the 2022 Restaurant and Chef Awards. The James Beard Awards, often referred to as the “Oscars of food,” were canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, but plan to resume with an in-person ceremony in June. Here are the Atlanta restaurateurs nominated for awards this year:

Outstanding Restaurateur 

Photograph courtesy of Kamayan ATL

Emerging chef

Courtesy of Miller Union

Outstanding Pastry Chef

• Claudia Martinez of Miller Union
• Jen Yee of Hopkins and Company (including the Buttery)
  • Last winter, we talked to Yee about how the pandemic changed how she approaches creating pastries for the Hopkins and Company restaurants.

Photograph by Brian Manley

Outstanding Hospitality

• Ticonderoga Club
  • This Krog Street Market favorite was also nominated for Outstanding Bar Program in 2019.

Photograph by Martha Williams

Outstanding Wine Program

Photograph by Martha Williams

Best Chef: Southeast

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