2025 Top Chef James Beard

James Beard season is here. This page will be updated to include all winners, nominees, and semifinalists for 2025. Click here to see.

Site Updates

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Season 22 Contestants Info Is Here!

Check out the restaurant map to see their restaurants

Or check out their profiles here! (Don’t forget to use the “Seasons” filter function to narrow down to only season 22 chefs)

New Top Chef Books

Top Chef Arnold Myint
Family Thai: Bringing the Flavors of Thailand Home
2025-10-07. Buy it here
Top Chef Melissa King
Cook Like a King: Recipes from My California Chinese Kitchen
2025-09-09. Buy it here
Top Chef Eric Adjepong
Ghana to the World: Recipes and Stories That Look Forward While Honoring the Past
2025-03-11. Buy it here
Top Chef Brooke Williamson
Sun-Kissed Cooking: Vegetables Front and Center
2024-11-12. Buy it here
Top Chef Ashleigh Shanti
Our South: Black Food Through My Lens - A Cookbook
2024-10-15. Buy it here

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New Top Chef Restaurants

Top Chef Karen Akunowicz
Fox & Flight
Boston, MA
Top Chef Dale Talde
Talde Noodle Bar
Queens, NY
Top Chef Ashleigh Shanti
Good Hot Fish
Asheville, NC
Top Chef Angelo Sosa
Kembara
Pheonix, AZ
Top Chef Gabe Erales
Ometeo
Tysons, VA

Don’t forget to check out all of the current Top Chef Restaurants on the Top Chef Restaurant Map!

Upcoming Top Chef Restaurants

Top Chef Kenny Nguyen
Pretty Boy
Athens, GA. Source
Top Chef Carlos Gaytan
Tiendita
Anaheim, CA. Source
Top Chef Jason Cichonski
Black Cactus
Avalon, NJ. Source
Top Chef Edward Lee
M. Frances
Washington, DC. Source
Top Chef Phillip Frankland Lee
Sushi By Scratch
Healdsburg, CA. Source