Executive Chef at "Community Matters Cafe," Chayil Johnson has been recognized as semifinalist in the "Best Chef" category for the 2025 James Beard Awards.
Nearly a dozen restaurants have opened so far this year in the Charlotte area, with notable closures shutting down favorites, ...
[WINNERS: Every Charlotte area chef, restaurant ever nominated for a James Beard Award.] After the James Beard 2025 semifinalists were announced, an exchange on CharlotteFive’s Instagram posts ...
CHARLOTTE — Two Charlotte chefs and a mixologist have been named semifinalists for the prestigious 2025 James Beard Awards. Chef Sam Diminich of Restaurant Constance and chef Chayil Johnson of ...
Three semifinalists were named in Charlotte. Ricky Moore ... Crawford & Son up for Outstanding Hospitality, the top James Beard service award. “When I was a young cook struggling with addiction ...
More than a dozen North Carolina chefs, restaurants and bars have been long-listed for a James Beard award, one of the ... Community Matters Cafe in Charlotte Sunny Gerhart and Lauren Krall ...
Three restaurant professionals in Charlotte have been nominated as semifinalists for a James Beard Award: Community Matters Cafe executive chef Chayil Johnson; Tonidandel-Brown beverage director ...
If you don’t genuinely enjoy talking to people, you have no business in the bar industry, really.” This is Colleen Hughes of Supperland, a 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist for Outstanding ...