New awards categories include an emerging chef award without an age cutoff, as well as regional best chef categories that now include separate awards for California, Texas, and New York in hopes of recognizing a broader geographic range of winners. This is the second awards season to reflect changes made in the wake of an extensive 2021 audit to address the longstanding biases baked into the awards process. They join the America’s Classics winners for 2023, which were announced in February. In addition to revealing who has advanced from the semifinalist pool revealed last month, the Foundation has also announced six recipients of the organization’s Leadership Award that Olivia Watkins and Karen Washington, co-founders of the Black Farmer Fund, would received the Humanitarian Award and that cookbook author Madhur Jaffrey would be honored with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. On March 29th, the James Beard Foundation announced its slate of finalists for its 2023 restaurant and chef awards.
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