Today, the Taste Talks Food & Drink Awards announced its list of finalists for its inaugural awards ceremony, which celebrates culture, innovation, and diversity in the wide world of food and drink. The finalists have been revealed in the categories of restaurant and chef awards, innovation awards, and media awards below. The winners will be announced at a live awards ceremony hosted by Mo Rocca on Monday, September 26 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Howard Gilman Opera House (BAM).
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RESTAURANT & CHEF AWARDSBest New Chef: East Angela Dimayuga—Mission Chinese and Mission Cantina—New York, NY Daniela Soto Innes—Cosme—New York, NY Fabian von Hauske & Jeremiah Stone—Wildair—New York, NY Matthew Jennings—Townsman—Boston, MA Missy Robbins—Lilia—Brooklyn, NYBest New Chef: South Alon Shaya—Shaya—New Orleans, LA Ashley Christensen—Ashley Christensen Restaurants—North Carolina Katie Button—Curate—Asheville, NC Kwame Onwuachi—The Shaw Bijou—Washington D.C. Ryan Poli—The Catbird Seat—Nashville, TNBest New Chef: West David Barzelay—Lazy Bear—San Francisco, CA Gabriel Rucker—Little Bird Bistro—Portland, OR Jessica Koslow—Squirl—Los Angeles, CA Joshua McFadden—Ava Gene's—Portland, OR Ravi Kapur—Liholiho Yacht Club—San Francisco, CABest New Chef: North Beverly Kim—Parachute—Chicago, IL Curtis Duffy—Grace—Chicago, IL Iliana Regan—Elizabeth—Chicago, IL Lee Wolen—Boka Restaurant—Chicago, IL Sarah Gruenenberg—Monteverde—Chicago, ILOutstanding Chef (National) Alice Waters—Chez Panisse—Berkeley, CA April Bloomfield—The Spotted Pig—New York, NY David Chang—Momofuku—New York, NY Dominique Crenn—Atelier Crenn—San Francisco, CA Sean Brock—Husk—Charleston, SCBest New Restaurant: East Emmy Squared—Brooklyn, NY Lilia—Brooklyn, NY Pasquale Jones—New York, NY Townsman—Boston, MA Wildair—New York, NYBest New Restaurant: South Death and Taxes—Raleigh, NC Gunshow—Atlanta, GA Olamaie—Austin, TX Shaya—New Orleans, LA The Grey—Savannah, GA
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Best New Restaurant: West Bird Dog—Palo Alto, CA Coquine—Portland, OR Lazy Bear—San Francisco, CA Salare—Seattle, WA The Whale Wins—Seattle, WABest New Restaurant: North Mabel's BBQ—Cleveland, OH Monteverde—Chicago, IL Oriole—Chicago, IL Parachute—Chicago, IL Spoon and Stable—Minneapolis, MNOutstanding Restaurant (National) Alinea—Chicago, IL Blue Hill at Stone Barns—Pocantico Hills, NY Eleven Madison Park—New York, NY Zahav—Philadelphia, PA The French Laundry—Yountville, CAOutstanding Pastry Chef Belinda Leong—b.patisserie—San Francisco, CA Christina Tosi—Milkbar—New York, NY Dominique Ansel—Dominique Ansel—New York, NY Jennifer Yee—Lafayette—New York, NY Mindy Segal—Hot Chocolate—Chicago, ILOutstanding Bar Program Amor y Amargo—New York, NY Clover Club—New York, NY Clyde Common—Portland, OR Maison Premiere—Brooklyn, NY The Broken Shaker—Chicago, IL/Miami, FLINNOVATION AWARDS Presented by KitchenAidBest Startup Blue Apron Culinary Agents Imperfect Produce Locol ReserveBest New Technology BeeHex June Oven Nomiku Uber Eats Panna Cooking SmartPlateOutstanding Non-Profit Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP) City Harvest Edible Schoolyard Hot Bread Kitchen No Kid HungryBest Environmental, Agricultural, or Sustainable Innovation Billion Oyster Project Charity Water Chef's Collaborative Sea To Table Stone Barns Center for Food and AgricultureBest Academic Institution or Organization Culinary Institute of America Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) NYU Food Studies Southern Foodways Alliance Yale Sustainable Food Project
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MEDIA AWARDSBest Cookbook Gjelina—Travis Lett Hot Bread Kitchen—Jessamyn Waldman Rodriguez Koreatown: A Cookbook—Deuki Hong and Matt Rodbard The Food Lab—J. Kenji Lopez-Alt Zahav—Michael SolomonovBest Food Literature Book 32 Yolks—Eric Ripert with Veronica Chambers Rice Noodle Fish—Matt Goulding and Nathan Thornburgh Something to Food About—Questlove and Ben Greenman The Farm on the Roof—Anastasia Cole Plakias Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love—Simran Sethi The Jemima Code—Toni Tipton-MartinBest Food Television or Web Series Anthony Bourdain, Parts Unknown Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern Chef's Table Mind of a Chef Cooked Fuck, That's DeliciousBest Culinary Film or Documentary Birth of Sake Burnt City of Gold For Grace Jeremiah Tower: The Last MagnificentBest Photographer Daniel Krieger Eric Wolfinger Evan Sung Huge Galdones Liz ClaymanBest Radio Show or Podcast Gravy MUNCHIES: The Podcast Radio Cherry Bombe The Feed The Splendid TableBest Magazine or Zine Bon Appetit Cherry Bombe Food & Wine Lucky Peach SaveurBest Food Media Website Eater Food52 Lucky Peach Serious Eats Tasting TableBest Culinary Blog Afroculinaria Gastronomista Local Milk Smitten Kitchen Two for the BarBest Food Instagram Chef Jacques La Merde Daniel Krieger EatingNYC MUNCHIES The InfatuationBest Food Article Are You Eating Frankenfish?—Tom Colicchio Eddie Huang on the Oppressive Whiteness of the Food World—Eddie Huang Edna Lewis and the Black Roots of American Cooking—Francis Lam Farm To Fable—Laura Reilly What It's Like to Work at the Waffle House for 24 Hours Straight—Andrew Knowlton