The restaurant award season is in full swing. This week, the James Beard Foundation released a list of semi-finalists for best chef, restaurant, and bar programs across the country. Several chefs from Italian restaurants in New York City made the cut.
American chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Andrew Carmellini earned “Outstanding Chef” for his homy taverna-style restaurant, Locanda Verde, located in Robert De Niro’s Greenwich Hotel.
Another contender of the award for a second time was chef Missy Robbins for her restaurant, Lilia, a pasta and pizza restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In 2019, Robbins was named a semi-finalist in the Outstanding Chef category.
And American chef duo, Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, from the West Village’s Don Angie, won Best Chef in New York State. In 2019, the couple was recognized as semi-finalists for Best Chef in New York City.
On March 25th, the James Beard Foundation will announce the finalists for 2020.
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