Aquí están los semifinalistas de restaurantes y chefs de Nueva York en los premios James Beard

Today, the James Beard Foundation announced its list of semifinalists in consideration for this year’s annual food awards: with big names like Corima to Le Veau d’Or on the list.

The semifinalists are out. In the Outstanding Restaurateur category: Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr have been listed for their revival of Le Veau d’Or uptown (also of Frenchette) and Simon Kim, of Gracious Hospitality Management (COTE, Undercote, and COQODAQ). For Outstanding Chef, Gabriel Kreuther of Gabriel Kreuther and Jungsik Yim of Jungsik were recognized.

For Outstanding Restaurant: Don Angie, the Italian American West Village restaurant from Quality Branded Hospitality Group made the list alongside Williamsburg’s the Four Horsemen. In the Emerging Chef category: Danny Garcia of Time and Tide, the seafood spot from the late James Kent’s hospitality group, and, Daniel Garwood of Australian tasting menu restaurant Acru all received nods. For Outstanding Hospitality, Korean fine dining restaurant Atomix and Harlem restaurant Melba’s were listed. Hawksmoor, the British steakhouse, has been named for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages, alongside Waxlight Bar à Vin, in Buffalo, New York. Leyenda, the Latin American cocktail bar that is actually in the process of relocating, was listed as an Outstanding Bar.

In the Best New Restaurant category, the NYC contingent included Andrew Carmellini’s Nomad hotel restaurant, Café Carmellini; Corima, the Lower East Side Mexican fine dining restaurant from Fidel Caballero; Penny, the upstairs raw bar from the Claud team in the East Village; and Kisa, a casual Korean restaurant from the C as in Charlie team on the LES.

In the Outstanding Bakery category, Fan Fan Doughnuts, Fany Gerson’s Brooklyn doughnut shop is a semifinalist, alongside Carissa’s the Bakery, in Easthampton, New York, while Camari Mick, of the restaurant-bakery Raf’s in Nolita, was named in the Outstanding Pastry Chef category.

There are several new awards categories this year. In the Best New Bar category, Sip & Guzzle in the West Village was listed, as was Bar Contra, a flip from the Contra team, on the Lower East Side. For Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service, Christopher Bates of F.L.X. Table in Geneva, New York, is named alongside Cassandra Felix of fine dining restaurant Daniel in Manhattan. That is distinct from Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service, where Ignacio Jimenez of Mexican cocktail bar Superbueno, in the East Village, was named.

Locally, these are the semifinalists for Best Chefs: New York State: Fariyal Abdullahi, of Hav & Mar, Nasim Alikhani, of Sofreh, Ayo Balogun, of Dept of Culture, Giovanni Cervantes, of Carnitas Ramirez, Chris Cipollone, of Francie, Suzanne Cupps, of Lola’s, Clare de Boer, of Stissing House, Aretah Ettarh, of Gramercy Tavern, Ryan Fernandez, of Southern Junction in Buffalo, Marcus Glocker, of Koloman, Efrén Hernández, of Casa Susanna, in Leeds, Eiji Ichimura of Ichimura, Brian Kim of Oiji Mi, Hooni Kim of Meju, Atsushi Kono, of Kono, Vijay Kumar, of Semma, Shaina Loew-Banayan, of Café Mutton, in Hudson, Kwame Onwuachi, of Tatiana, Hillary Sterling, of Ci Siamo, and Emily Yuen, Lingo.

In New Jersey, Dan Richer of pizzeria Razza in Jersey City got a nod for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic, along with David Viana of Portuguese-leaning Lita in Aberdeen.

This is the first announcement the Beard Foundation has made in 2025, but the list will get whittled down later this spring, with a notice of finalists going out on April 2. Then, on June 16, the winners will be revealed at the ceremony held at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago.

A lot of eyes may be on New York this year, as the city’s restaurants hope to break its two-year run of being passed over. In 2024, New York was shut out of the national medals for the James Beard Awards (granted, chefs like Charlie Mitchell, then of Clover Hill, won in the New York State category). But it became the second year in a row for a major Big Apple upset. In 2023, New York chefs did not take home any awards in national categories, the first time that’s happened since 1991.

Disclosure: Some Vox Media staff members are part of the voting body for the James Beard Awards.