The prestigious culinary award is often referred to as "the Oscars of Food," and Chef Jonathan Yao was the only L.A. winner ...

Kato’s Jon Yao beat out four other chefs to take home the statewide top prize at the “Oscars of food.” ...

He just won the James Beard Award for Best Chef in California, Chef Jonathan Yao, of Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant Kato joins us to talk about their tasting menu and his feelings on ...

The full list of the 2025 James Beard Media Award winners can be found here. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times . Kato chef-partner Jon Yao, winner of best chef: California ...

Jon Yao, of Los Angeles’s Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant Kato, won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: California at the 2025 ceremony held on June 16 in Chicago.

An L.A. chef takes the title of best in California at the James Beard awards. Celebrating his Taiwanese roots, Kato’s Jon Yao calls for immigrant advocacy in his acceptance speech.