Chefs from Mawn, Her Place Supper Club and Royal Sushi & Izakaya named James Beard Award finalists

Chefs from Mawn, Her Place Supper Club and Royal Sushi & Izakaya named James Beard Award finalists

The James Beard Foundation revealed the finalists for its prestigious culinary awards, and Philly has four nominations this year: Jesse Ito, of Royal Sushi & Izakaya, and Amanda Shulman, of Her Place Supper Club, for best chef in the Mid-Atlantic region; Phila Lorn, of Mawn, for emerging chef; and the Lovers Bar at Friday Saturday Sunday for outstanding bar.

Identidad Cocktail Bar, in San Juan; Gallo Pinto, in Guayama, by chef Ángel Moreno; and La Faena AgroCocina, in Guaynabo, by chef Kevin García, are the bar and the two restaurants with their respective owners and semifinalist chefs that today...