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On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer has a special “On the Road” show from the 2022 James Beard Awards in Chicago, which took place from June 11-13 in Chicago, IL. Shari's coverage includes her exclusive red carpet interviews with nominees and presenters at the Chef and Restaurant Awards at the Lyric Opera House, with a bit of our Speed Round game too! Plus, Shari has interviews with some of the winners during the awards ceremony and celebration (listed below). Congratulations to everyone! It was a wonderful awards weekend! Today's show also features Shari's PR tip to celebrate your journey; and Solo Dining experience at Chef Jason Vincent's Giant in Chicago. 

2022 James Beard Awards -- Shari's red carpet and awards ceremony interviews in chronological order:

Damian Sansonetti, Chaval, Portland, ME
Nominee: Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific

Ruben Ortega, Xochi, Houston, TX 
Nominee: Outstanding Pastry Chef

Zak Stern, Zak the Baker, Miami, FL
Nominee: Outstanding Baker 

Irene Li, Mei Mei Dumplings and Prepshift, Boston, MA
Leadership Winner

Mavis Jay-Sanders, Drive Change, NYC
Leadership Winner

Christian Clemenson
Actor playing James Beard, HBO Max series “Julia” 

JJ Johnson, FIELDTRIP, NYC
Nominee: Best Chef: New York State

Lydia Chang, Pichet Ong, and *Peter Chang, Peter Chang, VA and MD
*Nominee: Outstanding Chef
(Lydia translates)

Chintan Pandya and Roni Mazumdar, Dhamaka, NYC
Winner: Best Chef: New York State
Nominee: Best New Restaurant, NYC

Caroline Schiff, Gage & Tollner, NYC
Nominee: Outstanding Pastry Chef

Katie Button and Felix Meana, Curate, Asheville, NC
Winner: Outstanding Hospitality
Nominee: Best Chef: Southeast

Tiffany Derry, Roots Southern Table, Farmers Branch, TX
Nominee: Best New Restaurant
Nominee: Best Chef: Texas

Cheetie Kumar, Garland, Raleigh, NC
Nominee: Best Chef: Southeast

Chris Williams, Lucille’s Hospitality Group, Houston, TX
Nominee: Outstanding Restaurateur

Ayesha Nurdjaja, Shukette, NYC
Nominee: Best Chef: New York State

Yia Vang, Union Hmong Kitchen, Minneapolis, MN
Nominee: Best Chef: Midwest

Maneet Chauhan, Morph Hospitality Group, Nashville, TN
Presenter

Clare Reichenbach, CEO
James Beard Foundation

Ellen Yin, High Street Hospitality Group, Philadelphia, PA
Nominee: Outstanding Restaurateur

Sheldon Simeon, Tin Roof, Kahului, HI
Nominee: Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific

Claudia Fleming, Union Square Hospitality Group, NYC
Presenter

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Justin Chearno, The Four Horseman, Brooklyn, NYC
Winner: Outstanding Wine Program

Alba Huerta, Julep, Houston, TX
Winner: Outstanding Bar Program

Brandon Jew, Mister Jiu’s, San Francisco, CA
Winner: Best Chef: California
Winner (Media Awards): Best Restaurant and Professional Book (with Tiehlon Ho)

Grace Young
Humanitarian of the Year

Erick Williams, Virtue Restaurant & Bar, Chicago, IL
Winner: Best Chef: Great Lakes

Katie Button and Felix Meana, Curate, Asheville, NC
Winner: Outstanding Hospitality
Nominee: Best Chef: Southeast

Meherwan Irani, Chai Pani, Asheville, NC
Winner: Outstanding Restaurant

Martin Yan 
Lifetime Achievement Award

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Photo Courtesy of Shari Bayer.

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Fall’s arrival is accompanied by colorful leaves and cool weather, as well as a new season of food podcasts here at HRN. This episode of Meat and Three is jam-packed with sneak peeks into our newest series. We’ll journey across the U.S. and around the world with chefs, entrepreneurs, and a former state senator. Each show is dedicated to giving us a taste of a unique and rich corner in the world of food. 

The first destination for exploration is the Midwest where we’ll learn about what has influenced the cuisine there with Eat Your Heartland Out. We’ll travel south to investigate the origins of soul food in Soul by Todd Richards. After, we’ll discover the intricacies of agave spirit production by crossing our southern border into México with Agave Road Trip. Journeying across continents, lastly, we consider the importance of African representation in food media on Item 13. Put on your traveling gear, because this episode is quite the ride! 

Further Listening and Reading:

Eat Your Heartland Out: This episode featured “Episode 9: Asian Influences on Midwestern Foodways.” Subscribe to Eat Your Heartland Out wherever you get your podcasts (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). 

Item 13: An African Food Podcast: This episode featured “Episode 31: Beyond Jollof Rice - Food Media & Representation with Vonnie Williams.” and “Episode 33: The Black Food Experience with Eden Hagos.” Subscribe to Item 13 wherever you get your podcasts (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). 

To learn more about Item 13 host, Yorm Ackuaku and her emergence into the food and podcasting scene, read her feature in Food & Wine written by Vonnie Williams here.

Agave Road Trip: Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS). 

Soul by Todd Richards: Will start airing on Tuesday, October 20th. Subscribe now to get the episodes as they launch! (Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS). 

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Host Capri S. Cafaro is joined by an inspiring lineup of guests who will share their insights on how Southeast Asian immigrants have impacted the Midwestern food landscape. Dr. Ashley Rose Young of the Smithsonian Institution will provide context to the migratory patterns of SE Asian immigrants into the Midwest, while Yia Vang and Zin Zin Htun will share their own personal experiences as food entrepreneurs who brought their native Hmong and Burmese flavors to Minneapolis and Indianapolis respectively.

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We first met Yia Vang back in 2018. At the time, the St. Paul, MN, chef was garnering wide attention and acclaim for Union Kitchen, a pop-up restaurant specializing in his native Hmong cuisine. Yia’s back to tell us all about his dream to build Vinai, a brick-and-mortar restaurant that will serve as the permanent home for his family-inspired Hmong cooking. We also dive deep into our archives to our early days in 2009 and revisit an in-studio performance from Brooklyn band, Tijuana. 

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The Hmong are an indigenous people who’ve historically called Southeast Asia home. Following the ravages of the Vietnam War, many Hmong escaped to America settling in all places the Upper Midwest. In St. Paul, MN, Chef Yia Vang has been running Union Kitchen, a pop-up restaurant that specializes in Hmong fare, and he hangs with us to explain the nuances of his culture and its delectable cuisine. For “Snacky Tunes 5’s," our go-to oenophile Jameson Fink does some island hopping, and tells us all about the wonders of volcanic wines. We then head to Los Angeles and the Silver Lake studios of Dangerbird Records to get a live, one-of-a-kind performance from Peter Walker and Aaron Espinoza of the music-and-art collective, Arthur King. The duo crafts ambient improvised music utilizing synthesizer, guitar, drum machine and sounds extracted from environmental field recordings, and combine it with the experimental projections of visual artist John Schlue. All the sonic material used on Arthur King’s latest album, Changing Landscapes (Grand Escalante), is derived from a trip to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in rural Utah.

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