James Beard Awards Announces Finalists for 2020, Including These Twin Cities Chefs

After a delay thanks to the coronavirus pandemic disruption, today the James Beard Foundation announced its 2020 finalists. Today, the Foundation revealed that the Restaurant and Chef Awards Gala will take place in late September, and the Media Awards will take place in late May.

The nominees include several Twin Cities based chefs. Past chef winners include Ann Kim, Gavin Kaysen, Tim McKee, Alex Roberts and Isaac Becker.

Here is the full list of all of the nominees.

The restaurants and chefs recognized are:

Best New Restaurant

Demi

Outstanding Pastry Chef

Diane Yang, Spoon and Stable

Best Chef Midwest

Steven Brown, Tilia

Jamie Malone, Grand Cafe

Christina Nguyen, Hai Hai

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