Here Are Las Vegas’s 2025 James Beard Award Semifinalists | Eater Vegas

"Chef Cristie Norman was named a 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards semifinalist in the restaurant and chef categories; the semifinalists list was announced on January 22, 2025. The initial list will be trimmed to nominees on April 3, 2025, before winners are announced on June 16 at the awards ceremony in Chicago. The James Beard Awards are considered some of the most prestigious awards in food, a long-running program that gave out its first awards in 1991; the program was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to misbehavior and abuse allegations and a lack of nominated and winning Black chefs, prompting an internal audit to make voting processes more inclusive and equitable before returning in 2022." - Rebecca Roland