James Beard Foundation

Dine and Discover / DiscoverDiscover / StoriesStories / Life of Pie When you’re navigating a new culture and language, your homeland’s food often becomes an anchor amid the chaos. When Helen Goh and her family moved from Malaysia to Australia, Goh found comfort in her mom’s Saturday morning congee and nourishment in nightly four-course meals, comprised of a soup, protein, vegetable, and fruit.

Walk-around signature tasting experience featuring food and spirits from a lineup of James Beard Award–recognized chefs and beverage professionals, hosted outdoors at ARIA’s Yucca Pool. Weekend programming from Thursday, September 24th to Sunday, September 27th.

Dine and Discover / DiscoverDiscover / StoriesStories / Emerging Chef Adrian Torres' Memory-Making Mexican Cooking When Adrian Torres showed up for his first restaurant job interview, he was still in culinary school. The year was 2017, Xochi was one of the hottest restaurants in Houston, and its chef, Hugo Ortega, had just won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southwest.

This September, 16 chefs dedicated to advocacy, sustainability, and food system change will gather at Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming in Cold Spring, New York for the James Beard Foundation’s 31st Chef Bootcamp for Policy and Change®. For nearly 14 years, this program has trained and inspired culinary leaders from across the country to mobilize in support of policy decisions that impact our industry and food system.

Dine and Discover / DiscoverDiscover / StoriesStories / Top Chef Rhoda Magbitang’s Soulful Filipino Cuisine Imagine an al fresco table with banana leaves in the place of plates, where aunts, uncles, and cousins crowd around a spread of braised jackfruit, fried fish, pots of stew, steamed vegetables, and multiple rice cookers. This scene was a daily occurrence for chef Rhoda Magbitang, who grew up in the Philippines as the eldest of six children and with extended family as next-door neighbors.

Dine and Discover / DiscoverDiscover / StoriesStories / Meet the 2026 Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Cohort Today, we are excited to announce the 2026 cohort of the Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership (WEL) program. WEL, a flagship initiative of the JBF Institute, is an eleven-week virtual program that provides advanced educational, training, and networking opportunities for owners or co-owners of brick-and-mortar food or beverage businesses in the United States.

Dine and Discover / DiscoverDiscover / StoriesStories / Ahnest Kitchen Is Preserving a Labor of Love Sometimes, the best chefs are the ones that you haven’t heard of (yet). They’re the everyday cooking heroes like Nam Soon Ahn, whose Korean family recipes and stories were brought to life by her daughter, Sarah Ahn of Ahnest Kitchen.

Our Work / AwardsAwards / Awards RFI Since the first ceremony in 1991, the James Beard Awards® have been among the nation’s most prestigious food honors. Each year, the Awards recognize culinary excellence, celebrating chefs, restaurateurs, media, and food system leaders who are shaping America’s food culture. The James Beard Awards are made up of three programs dedicated to honoring the best in American food: the Restaurant and Chef Awards, the Media Awards, and the Impact Awards.

Dine and Discover / DiscoverDiscover / StoriesStories / 10 Tips on How to Use AI Tools in the Restaurant Business Our 2026 Independent Restaurant Industry Report, in collaboration with Deloitte, established that owners and operators are overwhelmed by a technology landscape defined by a constant influx of more tools, more platforms, and more decisions. While widely viewed as essential, operators expressed uncertainty around where to invest as tech systems become more expensive and interconnected.

Dine and Discover / DiscoverDiscover / StoriesStories / The 2026 James Beard Award Winners Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards presented by American Express and Resy! This year's James Beard Award winners were announced Monday, June 15, 2026 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.