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

A conversation with Thomas Bille, the only Houston-area person awarded the James Beard award in 2025. Hosted by restaurant ...

Convivir: Modern Mexican Cuisine in California’s Wine Country,” co-authored by a San Franciscan, has won a “culinary Oscar.” ...

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

At a ceremony in Chicago, the James Beard Awards celebrated some of the nation’s most outstanding culinary talent.

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. Chefs ...

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 ...

Jon Yao of LA’s Kato wins James Beard Award The chef, noted for his contemporary Taiwanese cuisine seen through a California lens, was the evening’s sole Los Angeles winner.