Yotaka Martin, co-owner and chef at Lom Wong downtown, won a James Beard Award. Local chefs Rene Andrade, LT Smith and Donald ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong restaurant in Phoenix grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. She won her 1st James Beard Award on June 16, 2025.

Yotaka Martin, chef of Lom Wong in Phoenix, won the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest. Several Phoenix chefs congratulated Martin on social media.

Rene Andrade, owner and chef of Bacanora and Huarachis in Phoenix, took home the James Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest in 2024. Arizona’s James Beard Award 2025 finalists.

A 2025 James Beard award semifinalist for Emerging Chef, L.T. Smith of Chilte in Phoenix, posted to his Instagram story, "@yotakapt brought it home!!! LFG." Libby Lingua, owner and bartender at ...

The James Beard Award's Best Chef in the Southwest is cooking up her amazing dishes right here in Phoenix. The owners of Lom Wong restaurant in downtown Phoenix, Yotaka and Alex Martin, recently ...

The James Beard Foundation Awards are one of the highest honors a chef or restaurant can receive. These 2 Arizonans are finalists in 2025.

Beards season has begun, and Arizona restaurants, bakeries, bars, and chefs have netted the region 14 James Beard Foundation ...

A select group of Phoenix chefs found their phones blowing up on Wednesday morning. Texts, calls and DMs congratulated the freshly named 2025 James Beard Award semifinalists. For some, these ...

In February, the James Beard Foundation announced its long list of semifinalist nominees for its prestigious 2020 awards. Greater Phoenix scooped a whopping 17 nominations in 10 categories.

It is Kass's second consecutive year in the running, after she made history in 2024 as the first Arizona pastry chef to be nominated for a James Beard Award. Details : 4130 N. Seventh Ave ...