Last night, the James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its 2024 Restaurant and Chef Awards during a glitzy ceremony at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. A coast-to-coast cast of well-dressed industry professionals took to the stage to accept dozens of coveted medals in what is largely considered the Oscars of the food world.
Two D.C. chefs won the first and last — and arguably, biggest — categories of the evening. Masako Morishita of Adams Morgan’s Japanese showpiece Perry’s (named Eater DC’s 2023 Chef of the Year) was crowned 2024's Emerging Chef. And
@chefmichaelrafidi of Navy Yard’s wood-fired Levantine hit Albi took home the title of Outstanding Chef — a huge nationwide accolade that also went to a D.C. name (Oyster Oyster's Rob Rubba) last year.
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📸: A post-win pic of Perry's chef
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