After being named a semifinalist for four consecutive years, Chef Salvador Alamilla became the second Idahoan to win a James ...

Established in 1990, the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards are considered the Oscars of the culinary universe.

A chef from Idaho has won a James Beard Award for only the second time in state history. Salvador Alamilla, co-owner of Amano in Caldwell, was named “Best Chef: Mountain” during a ceremony ...

CALDWELL, Idaho — The co-owner and head chef of a Mexican restaurant in Caldwell has won a prestigious James Beard Foundation Award. Salvador Alamilla of Amano restaurant received the Best Chef ...

Video of the announcement of Alamilla’s award and his acceptance speech can be viewed in full on the James Beard Foundation’s YouTube page, beginning around the 1-hour, 29-minute mark.

Wong is one of five chefs named as finalists for the 2025 James Beard Best Chef Award for the mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming.

A chef from Idaho has won a James Beard Award for only the second time in state history. Salvador Alamilla, co-owner of Amano in Caldwell, was named “Best Chef: Mountain” during a ceremony Monday at ...

The James Beard Award’s after-party was held at the elegant Union Station in Chicago. (Christine Gallagher photo) After the awards ceremony, it was on to the epic after-party!

To see for yourself whether a Montanan can pull it off, tune into the James Beard Awards, which start at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, fittingly streaming on eater.com.

The James Beard Awards are sometimes called the Oscars of food, but the 35th annual ceremony at the Lyric Opera in Chicago on Monday focused on the political moment far more than Hollywood did at ...