MYSTIC, CT — A Mystic restaurant was named 2025 James Beard semifinalists, the organization announced Wednesday. 2025 is the 35th anniversary of the prestigious culinary awards, sometimes known ...

James Beard Awards are some ... of semifinalists for this year's awards. Two chefs and one restaurant have made the list. Renee Touponce, The Port of Call in Mystic This award is for a chef ...

Oyster Club, Mystic, CT The Oyster Club celebrated the semifinalist ... The Cottage on their semifinalist nomination. “The James Beard Awards represent a pinnacle of achievement in the culinary ...

This was Mystic’s first-ever win at the James Beard Awards. “When [my children] came along is when my perspective as a chef shifted from doing what’s best for me to doing something that’s ...

This year's James Beard Awards, renowned in the culinary world for their prestige, have named two chefs from Connecticut as finalists. 2024 finalists from CT: What's next: The champions in each ...

NEW LONDON COUNTY, CT — The Connecticut Restaurant ... he won a coveted James Beard Award. See related: Mystic Chef Wins James Beard Foundation Award The Pastry Chef of the Year went to Jessica ...

Tonight, the James Beard Foundation announced ... located in Mystic, Connecticut; Harley Peet took home the Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic award for Bas Rouge in Easton, Maryland; and Paul Smith ...

The 2025 Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists for the James Beard Awards were released ... and Other Beverages Program: Oyster Club, Mystic, CT Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) ...

MYSTIC, CT — Celebrity Chef Gordon Ramsay had ... Oyster Club Chef Renee Touponce is a nominee for a 2024 James Beard Award. See related: 3 CT Restaurants, Chefs Named 2024 James Beard ...