James Beard Restaurant Awards: Here's the 3 DC-Area Finalists

Last month, the James Beard Foundation released its 2016 list of nominees that included 18 D.C.-area restaurants, and now the finalists have been announced with just three area restaurants making the cut.

In the "Outstanding Baker" category, Mark Furstenberg of Bread Furst in D.C. will be competing against bakers in Boston, Brooklyn and San Francisco.

The D.C. region has two nominees in the "Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic" region, with Peter Chang of his self-titled restaurant in Arlington and Aaron Silverman of Rose's Luxury in Washington both getting selected as finalists to face off against four other chefs in Philadelphia and Baltimore.

D.C. food writers also received recognition, scoring two finalist spots in the media categories.

"America's Best Food Cities" by Tom Sietsema of The Washington Post was nominated in the "Dining and Travel" category, while Todd Kliman's "OtherWise" column in The Washingtonian was nominated in the "Food-Related Columns" category.

The winners will be announced May 2 at a gala in Chicago.