Yotaka Martin, co-owner and chef at Lom Wong downtown, won a James Beard Award. Local chefs Rene Andrade, LT Smith and Donald Hawk congratulated her.

Yotaka Martin grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. Today, she strives to create authentic food that her Thai ...

The James Beard Award is like the Oscars for food and beverages, with only the best of the best selected as finalists.

Downtown Phoenix’s restaurant, Lom Wong, won a James Beard Award! The Arizona restaurant took home the top honor in the "Best Chef: Southwest" category.

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in downtown Phoenix was awarded the "best chef" prize for the region representing Arizona, Nevada, ...

PHOENIX – The chef at a downtown Phoenix Thai restaurant won a 2025 James Beard Award on Monday. Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong kept the title of best chef in the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and ...

The restaurants and chefs named 2025 James Beard Award winners, akin to the Oscars of the food world, have been announced.

New York City restaurants won three of the six major national awards: outstanding chef (Jungsik Yim of Jungsik ), outstanding ...

Jungsik Yim won Outstanding Chef, Bucheron won Best New Restaurant, Phila Lorn won Emerging Chef, and much more from the 2025 ...

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The foundation also recognized in a separate ceremony six restaurants as part of its “America’s Classics” awards. Those were ...