Inside James Beard Award-nominated Shigeyuki Furukawa's Minneapolis restaurant
Shigeyuki Furukawa is the only person to bring home a nomination for the James Beard Award in Minnesota this year.
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Shigeyuki Furukawa is the only person to bring home a nomination for the James Beard Award in Minnesota this year.
Minnesota chefs took home two major James Beard Awards in Chicago Monday night.
Minnesota took home two James Beard Awards during Monday night's ceremony, earning some national recognition for its locally evangelized food scene.
Minnesota’s own Chef Yia Vang visits the WCCO studio to share more about “Relish” and plans for the State Fair.
Alicia Hinze, the James Beard-recognized chef behind The Buttered Tin and a winner of "Cupcake Wars," visits WCCO to discuss her delicious new project.
Three Minnesotans are among the five nominees for best Midwestern chef in this year's James Beard Awards, and the state is in competition in several other categories as well.
The prestigious James Beard Semi-Finalists were recently announced, and there's a first timer on the list, Chef Abraham Gessesse of Hyacinth in St. Paul.
The semifinalists are out for the 2025 James Beard Awards — the restaurant industry's most prestigious honor — and many Minnesotan chefs and eateries are among those listed.
In April, the semifinalists will be winnowed to a field of nominees. The winners will be announced June 10.
After a yearslong streak of nominations, Minnesota will go unrepresented in the Best Chef: Midwest category of the James Beard Awards.
Food that's been served for hundreds of years in Minnesota is now considered the best in the country. Owamni, by the Sioux Chef was named Best New Restaurant at the James Beard Awards this year.
