Talat Market, BoccaLupo, and Lucian Books and Wine, and more are among Atlanta’s James Beard Foundation Award Semifinalists. Illustration by Nat Belkov Henna Bakshi is the Regional Editor, South at ...

The James Beard Foundation today announced its semifinalist nominees for 2025, officially kicking off restaurant awards season across the country. Widely known as the “Oscars” of the food world, the ...

Erin DeJesus is executive editor of Eater, and has held various writing and editing roles at the brand since 2010. A James Beard Award winner, she particularly loves working on stories about regional ...

The 2025 (restaurant) awards season kicks off today with the James Beard Foundation, which revealed today its restaurant and chef semifinalist list for its prestigious annual awards. Boston-area chefs ...

Rebecca Roland Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of Los Angeles’s food scene. The James Beard Foundation Awards announced ...

Kayla Stewart is a James Beard Award-winning food and travel journalist, cookbook author, and Senior Editor at Eater. Her work has been featured in Eater, Food & Wine, The New York Times, Travel ...

Chef José Andrés had served as co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition since 2022. Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Clinton Global Initiative Bettina Makalintal is a ...

Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater's Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay ...

Serena Maria Daniels is a Chicana journalist and the city editor for Eater Detroit. A recovering daily newspaper reporter with nearly 20 years experience, she is also the founder and Chingona-in-Chief ...

Ashok Selvam is the regional editor for Eater Midwest and in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He's a native Chicagoan and has been with Eater since 2014. It took José ...

Brittany Britto Garley is Eater's regional editor of Texas, overseeing food, restaurant, and dining news for Eater Austin, Eater Dallas, and Eater Houston. Brittany is based in the Houston area.

Emma Orlow is an editor and reporter for the Northeast region at Eater, focusing primarily on New York City, where she was born and raised. She covers restaurants, bars, pop-ups, and the people ...