Awards & Accolades

Mutsuko Soma Is One of Food and Wine's Best New Chefs of 2019

The knife-wielding, sharp-skilled soba master and chef just keeps getting national acclaim. And we are here for it.

04/09/2019 By Rosin Saez

Round of Applause

The Latest Bunch of James Beard Award Finalists Are Here

...and congrats are in order, Seattle.

03/27/2019 By Rosin Saez

Awards & Accolades

Canlis Nabs the James Beard Foundation's 2019 Design Icon Award

Its stony facade and sloped roof—we knew it'd been a Northwest modernist gem all along, right? Right.

03/12/2019 By Rosin Saez

Best of the City

Seattle's James Beard–Winning Restaurants

Every May, the James Beard Foundation announces the latest winners of America’s most prestigious culinary awards. Until then, you can dine your way through our region’s past honorees.

03/05/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Awards & Accolades

Here Are Seattle's James Beard Award Semifinalists for 2019

Who from our region is up for the most distinguished restaurant honors in the country?

02/27/2019 By Rosin Saez

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Awards and Openings Abound

Plus, Rain Shadow Meats bids farewell to Pioneer Square.

05/11/2018 By Cassie Sawyer

Drumroll, Please

Big Congrats to Seattle's 2018 James Beard Award Winner—Edouardo Jordan for Salare and JuneBaby

Well, can't say we're too surprised.

05/07/2018 By Rosin Saez

Awards & Accolades

James Beard Award Nominations Are Out. And Congrats Are In Order.

Here are Seattle's 2018 James Beard Award nominees...

03/14/2018 By Seattle Met Staff

Awards & Accolades

And Seattle's James Beard Award Semifinalists for 2018 Are...

Wow, we've got us an impressive crop of rising star talent.

02/15/2018 By Seattle Met Staff

Shifts & Shakeups

The Week in Restaurant News: Circadia Shutters and Canlis Wins a James Beard Award

Plus, Redbook Brewery's Woodinville location will close this summer.

05/05/2017 By Rosin Saez

And The Winner Is...

Canlis Takes Home Its First James Beard Award

Congratulations to Canlis for winning Outstanding Wine Program.

05/01/2017 By Rosin Saez

Awards & Accolades

And Now for Seattle's 2017 James Beard Finalists

Congratulations to these final contenders...

03/15/2017 By Rosin Saez

Awards & Accolades

And Seattle's 2017 James Beard Award Semifinalists Are...

Not bad, Seattle. Not bad at all.

02/15/2017 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

Why Renee Erickson Won the James Beard Award

And why it should've been in the name of one of her worthier restaurants.

05/04/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Awards & Accolades

Here's How Seattle Fared at the 2016 James Beard Awards

Let's hear it for our Best Chef Northwest...

05/02/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Awards & Accolades

These Are Seattle's James Beard Nominees for 2016

Three cheers for Canlis and our Best Chef Northwest contenders.

03/15/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Awards & Accolades

Hey, Look: Seattle's 2016 James Beard Award Semifinalists

Nice work, Seattle.

02/17/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Post

Slide Show: Premier Chefs Dinner

05/18/2015

Awards & Accolades

And the James Beard Best Chef Northwest Is...

...Blaine Wetzel, who gave one of the night's more memorable speeches.

05/04/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts and Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Name TBD

Several of the town's culinary heavyhitters have big plans, but no names.

03/27/2015 By Caroline Ferguson and Jeanny Rhee