Six of the 24 Bay Area and Northern California semifinalists announced in January made the cut
James Beard medals won by the Wolf’s Tailor are pictured at the restaurant on Monday, June 17, 2024. Build-your-own sushi box restaurant now open in Burlingame Six of the 24 Bay Area and Northern California semifinalists announced in January made the cut and are still in the running for the prestigious awards celebrating nationwide leaders in the food and beverage world.
Notably, Peninsula duo Srijith Gopinathan and Ayesha Thapar, the team behind Ettan, Copra, Eylan and Little Blue Door in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Menlo Park and Los Altos, respectively, are up for the outstanding restaurateur award, and Sarah Cooper and Alan Hsu of Sun Moon Studio in Oakland are up for the Best Chef award in the California category.Srijith Gopinathan and Ayesha Thapar, Cal-India Collective , Palo Alto, San Francisco, Menlo Park, Los AltosMost Popular Exclusive: Environmental group signs deal to buy Golden Gate Fields horse track with plans to create huge new East Bay waterfront park Exclusive: Environmental group signs deal to buy Golden Gate Fields horse track with plans to create huge new East Bay waterfront parkThis Sacramento suburb is booming. Here's what you don't want to missNo Kings may have broken national record, but Bay Area numbers appear to lag from earlier protestsSwalwell accuses President Donald Trump, Kash Patel of trying to influence California governor's raceAsking Eric: I think I know why her boyfriend hasn't proposed
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