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It Seems Like This Is the Year the James Beard Awards Finally Get Texas
This morning, the James Beard Foundation announced the 2026 semifinalists for its thirty-sixth annual awards program. It’s considered the Oscars of the U.S. restaurant industry (take that, Michelin!), so it’s a big deal that 51 Texas chefs, hospitality workers, restaurants, and bars appear. The long roster will be whittled down to just a few finalists before the winners are announced in June. Texas has a regional Best Chef category, and thus the state is guaranteed twenty slots on the semifinalist list each year. The additional nods come from national-level categories such as Outstanding Chef and Best New Restaurant.This year, it seems like the James Beard Awards finally get Texas. Of course, industry favorites in big cities are represented. But there are also plenty of hidden…The post It Seems Like This Is the Year the James Beard Awards Finally Get Texas appeared first on Texas Monthly.