Here are the DMV chefs and restaurants in the running for a James Beard Award

WASHINGTON — The James Beard Foundation just announced the 2024 semifinalists for the prestigious culinary award. Several restaurants, chefs and hospitality professionals from across the DMV made the list.

The James Beard Foundation's Restaurant and Chef Awards recognize exceptional talent and achievement in the culinary arts, hospitality and other categories.

Here are a few highlights: 

• Chef Michael Rafidi of Albi is a semifinalist for Outstanding Chef. 
• Perry's Chef Masako Morishita is in the running for the Emerging Chef award.
• Moon Rabbit's Susan Bae is a semifinalist in the Outstanding Pastry Chef category.
• Falls Church, Virginia, is on the map thanks to 2941, a semifinalist for Outstanding Restaurant.

The field for Best Chef Mid-Atlantic is crowded with nine DMV chefs, including Kevin Tien from the recently reopened Moon Rabbit and Tony Conte at Darnestown, Maryland's Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana. 

Here are all the semifinalists from D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The full list of semifinalists can be found here.

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• Ashok Bajaj, Knightsbridge Restaurant Group: Rasika, Annabelle, Sababa, and others (Outstanding Restaurateur)
• Hollis Wells Silverman, Eastern Point Collective: The Duck & The Peach, La Collina, The Wells, and others (Outstanding Restaurateur)
• Michael Rafidi: Albi (Ourstanding Chef)
• 2941 Outstanding Restaurant)
• Pineapple & Pearls (Outstanding Restaurant)
• Masako Morishita: Perry's (Emerging Chef)
• Pluma by Bluebird Bakery (Outstanding Bakery)
• Susan Bae, Moon Rabbit (Outstanding Pastry Chef)
• Fiola (Outstanding Hospitality)
• Tail Up Goat (Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program)
• Service Bar (Outstanding Bar)
• Angel Barreto: Anju (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Najmieh Batmanglij and Christopher Morgan: Joon (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Amy Brandwein: Centrolina (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Tony Conte: Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Keem Hughley: Bronze (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Esther Lee: Obelisk (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Travis Milton: Hickory at Nicewonder Farm and Vineyards (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Yuan Tang: Rooster & Owl (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)
• Kevin Tien: Moon Rabbit (Best Chef-Mid-Atlantic)

Nominees will be announced on Wednesday, April 3 and winners will be announced at a ceremony in Chicago on Monday, June 10.