//Chefs Withdraw From List of James Beard Award Nominees for Murky Reasons

Chefs Withdraw From List of James Beard Award Nominees for Murky Reasons

It’s been a turbulent year for the James Beard Foundation and its esteemed namesake awards. As the restaurant industry continues to suffer the combined effects of a pandemic and an economic crisis, the organization has canceled the Chef and Restaurant Awards ceremony for both 2020 and 2021. In a press release, the Foundation’s CEO writes that “considering anyone to have won or lost within the current tumultuous hospitality ecosystem does not in fact feel like the right thing to do.”