Here Are Philadelphia's 2022 James Beard Award Finalists

PHILADELPHIA — After a dozen Philadelphia-area restaurants, chefs, bakers, and restaurateurs were named semifinalists in the 2022 James Beard Awards, just four remain as finalists.

The James Beard Foundation recently announced its list of the 2022 finalists.

Philadelphia is represented by four finalists.

They are Ellen Yin of High Street Hospitality Group (Fork, a.kitchen + bar, High Street Philly, and others) for Outstanding Restaurateur, as well as Cristina Martinez of South Philly Barbacoa, Jesse Ito of Royal Izakaya, and Chutatip "Nok" Suntaranon of Kalaya Thai Kitchen for Best Mid-Atlantic Chef.

Winners will be celebrated at the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards ceremony on Monday, June 13, at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

The James Beard Foundation's Restaurant and Chef Awards were established in 1991 and is one of five separate recognition programs of the awards.

This year's James Beard Awards will be the first in two years, after a hiatus during which the Awards underwent a full audit of its policies and procedures, continuing the work to remove bias, increase transparency and accessibility, and making the program more aligned with the foundation's mission and values.

See the full list of finalists here.