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See all the NYC area nominees for the 2025 James Beard awards

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Published Jan 22, 2025

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Published Jan 22, 2025

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The list of nominees for the 2025 James Beard Awards is out Wednesday, and the New York City region was represented in every major category.

The awards, given out by the New York City-based James Beard Foundation, are sometimes known as the "Foodie Oscars." They are chosen by national and regional committees of “food and beverage writers, critics, editors, chefs, restaurateurs, and avid diners,” according to the awards' website.

The nominees for Best New Restaurant included the Flatiron fine-dining destination Café Carmellini and three downtown spots: the East Village seafood bar Penny, Michelin-starred Mexican restaurant Corima and Korean diner Kisa.

Chef Vijay Kumar of Semma was nominated for Best Chef: New York State.

Courtesy of Semma

Vijay Kumar, who was nominated in the “Best Chef: New York State” category for his Greenwich Village South Indian restaurant Semma, called the James Beard nomination a “blessing” on par with a nod from the Michelin guide – from which Semma has earned a star.

“It’s a baby step for South Indian cuisine in the U.S.,” said Kumar, whose menu works to introduce diners to a very different regional cuisine than the more common North Indian found across America. “I’ve been hearing from so many guests how disappointing it is that South Indian food is always overlooked.”

The Outstanding Restaurant nominees included the West Village red-sauce Italian spot Don Angie and James Murphy’s Michelin-starred Williamsburg wine-list destination, The Four Horsemen.

Jungsik Yim, whose eponymous Korean restaurant received an extremely rare count of three Michelin stars this year, was nominated in the Outstanding Chef category, along with Alsatian restaurateur and chef Gabriel Kreuther.

Penny in the East Village was nominated for Best New Restaurant.

Photo by Toby Wolff / Courtesy of Penny

The long list of nominees will be narrowed down to finalists this spring, and winners will be crowned on June 16.

Here is the full list of New York City-area semifinalists:

Outstanding Restaurateur

Outstanding Chef

Aretah Ettarh of Gramercy Tavern was nominated for Best Chef: New York State.

Courtesy of Union Square Hospitality Group

Outstanding Restaurant

Emerging Chef

Best New Restaurant

Fan-Fan Doughnuts in Brooklyn was nominated for Best Bakery.

Courtesy of Fan-Fan Doughnuts

Outstanding Bakery

Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker

Atomix in Murray Hill was nominated for Outstanding Hospitality.

Outstanding Hospitality

Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program

Outstanding Bar

Best New Bar

Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service

Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C.)

Nasim Alikhani of Sofreh in Brooklyn was nominated once again for Best Chef: New York State.

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Best Chef: New York State

Best Chef: Northeast (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)

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