On Wednesday, the James Beard Award announced its finalists for its first awards in two years. Only three Seattle chefs and restaurants are still in the running for awards out of the eleven chefs, four restaurants, and one baker from Washington who were 2022 James Beard Award semifinalists.
That’s many fewer finalists than Seattle could have had, considering the long list of semifinalists, which had six nominees — including Aaron Verzosa of Archipelago and star chef Melissa Miranda of Musang — for the best chef: Northwest award.
But two of the remaining nominees in Seattle are up for national awards. Renee Erickson’s seafood-focused Ballard restaurant, The Walrus and
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