Flora Street, FT33 Pastry Chef, John Tesar Named Semifinalists In the 2017 James Beard Awards

The 2017 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalists in the restaurant and chef categories were announced this morning, and Dallas has a few names on the list: Flora Street Cafe, semifinalist for Best New Restaurant FT33's Maggie Huff, semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef And several semifinalists for Best Chef Southwest: Omar Flores,...

By Beth Rankin

February 15, 2017

Stephan Pyles' Flora Street Cafe is a semifinalist for Best New Restaurant in this year's James Beard Awards. Kathy Tran

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The 2017 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalists in the restaurant and chef categories were announced this morning, and Dallas has a few names on the list:

Flora Street Cafe, semifinalist for Best New Restaurant
FT33's Maggie Huff, semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef
And several semifinalists for Best Chef Southwest: Omar Flores, Casa Rubia; Teiichi Sakurai, Tei-An; John Tesar, Knife; and David Uygur, Lucia.

Last year, we had no local winners but saw four semifinalists for Best Chef Southwest (Matt McCallister, Teiichi Sakurai, David Uygur, Omar Flores), one Outstanding Wine Program nod (Four Seasons Resort at Las Colinas) and one in the Rising Star of the Year (Misti Norris).

Head over to the James Beard website to see the full list of this year's semifinalists. The organization will announce the final restaurant and chef award nominees, along with media and restaurant design nominations, on Wednesday, March 15, in Los Angeles.

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Beth Rankin is an Ohio native and Cicerone-certified beer server who specializes in social media, food and drink, travel and news reporting. Her belief system revolves around the significance of Topo Chico, the refusal to eat crawfish out of season and the importance of local and regional foodways.

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