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R.I. chef, restaurant named 2026 James Beard Award finalists

PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island eatery and chef have been named finalists for this year’s James Beard Awards.   For the second-straight year, Derek Wagner...

5 R.I. chefs, 3 restaurants named 2026 James Beard Award semifinalists

PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island chefs and three restaurants were named semifinalists Wednesday for the 2026 James Beard Awards, also known as the “Oscars...

Providence chef wins James Beard award for best in Northeast

PROVIDENCE – Sky Haneul Kim of Gift Horse was named the Best Chef Northeast at the 2025 James Beard Awards Monday in Chicago.  Kim was...

3 Providence chefs, Oberlin named 2025 James Beard Award finalists

PROVIDENCE – Oberlin and three local chefs, including one who is ascending in the scene, have made it to the final round of the...

Six R.I. chefs, 2 restaurants named James Beard Award semifinalists

PROVIDENCE – Six Rhode Island chefs and two restaurants were named semifinalists Wednesday for the 2025 James Beard Awards, also known as the “Oscars...
MARIANA GONZALEZ-TRASVINA, executive chef of Bar ‘Cino has been nominated for Outstanding Rising Star Chef in the James Beard Foundation Awards. / COURTESY NEWPORT RESTAURANT GROUP

R.I. chefs nominated for James Beard Foundation Awards

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island again is well-represented in the James Beard Foundation Awards, known as the “Oscars Of The Food World.” The semifinalists in...
Bruce Newbury

James Beard rejiggers the map

The James Beard Awards have become known as the Oscars of the food world. Competition has become intense as chefs and restaurateurs constantly search...
Bruce Newbury

Recognizing food achievers today and tomorrow

Bigelow Tea President and CEO Cynthia R. Bigelow will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate in business administration at the Johnson...
Bruce Newbury

Sarto has sense of place

Some restaurants are menu-driven, others price-driven. One of the newest downtown Providence restaurants describes itself as “neighborhood-driven.” The new Sarto on Weybosset Street is a...
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