James Beard Awards Austin Semifinalists 2020
This is the first year for the Texas chef category
Published in Eater Austin
The James Beard Awards’s semifinalist list for the best restaurants and chefs of 2020 is out right now and five Austin chefs made the initial cut.Within the first-ever Best Chef: Texas category longlist are:Chef Iliana de la Vega, behind Oaxacan and Mexican restaurant El Naranjo, nabbed her second semifinalist nomination. She actually shut down the original Rainey Street restaurant last year, but its second location on South Lamar remains open.