The James Beard Awards

Use this tool to explore JBF chefs past and present by performing a search, choosing some filters or both. Navigate through the filters and select as many as you like from each category. Click Search when you're ready. JBF is now accepting entries for the 2015 James Beard Awards! Entries for our Book; Broadcast and New Media; Journalism; and Restaurant Design categories can be submitted here. Entries for Restaurant and Chef awards consideration have a separate portal, which is here. Please note that you may submit up to two entries per subcategory of the Restaurant and Chef awards. Entry deadlines are as follows: Books published in 2014: 12/15/14 Restaurant design: 1/31/15 Restaurant and Chef award semifinalists will be announced February 18, 2015. The final nominees in all categories will be announced on March 24, 2015. For more information, email us. Covering all aspects of the industry—from chefs and restaurateurs to cookbook authors and food journalists to restaurant designers and architects and more—the Beard Awards are the highest honor for food and beverage professionals working in North America. The awards are presented each spring at Lincoln Center. Nominees and winners are fêted at a weekend of events in New York City that has become the social and gastronomic highlight of the year. Visit our press room for news and updates about the James Beard Awards. Questions about JBF Awards policies and procedures? Answers here.