The 2024 awards season is underway. This includes nominations for the restaurant industry’s biggest night of the year: the James Beard Awards. This year's list also includes a chef in Athens, Ga.
A Washington, D.C., chef won the outstanding category. The Chicago ceremony was hosted by chefs Eric Adjepong, Esther Choi, Andrew Zimmern and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.
As business manager and shellfish director of Kimball House, Bryan Rackley's mornings often begin with him opening multiple boxes of oysters. Some come...