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Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony this summer

Semifinalists for the 2024 Restaurant and Chef James Beard Awards have been announced.

Two Orlando chefs and one area restaurant are among Florida’s semifinalists for a 2024 James Beard Foundation Award.

The James Beard Foundation announced its 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists today, and the Orlando culinary community has several horses in this year’s race to the June ceremony in Chicago. Chefs Jennifer Bañagale and Mark Berdin of Kadence and chef Henry Moso of Kabooki Sushi were nominated in the category of Best Chef: South and Kaya, led by co-owners general manager Jamilyn ...

In 2023, sleek chefs’ counters are becoming standard in Orlando. Ten years ago, the team behind Orlando’s Michelin-starred Kadence set the first streamlined table.

The story of Kaya, Orlando's first Filipino fine dining venue, began in fast food and incubated at the Michelin level. Now open in Mills 50.

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Two Filipino-owned restaurants in the US have been awarded by French tire company Michelin a one-star rating.

‘Our business loves adulation, but there is no truth in food anymore. Only politics, popularity and pandering.’

From festive, family-style fêtes to opulent omakases, if you have the urge to splurge, Orlando's got options.