The James Beard Foundation announced its Restaurant and Chef Awards finalists today and Wendy Lopez, executive chef-partner at Reyes Mezcaleria and Sparrow Wine Bar, didn’t make the short list. Lopez was named a semifinalist in the Best Chef: South category when the long list of nominees were announced in January, a list that included Tony […]
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Chef Wendy Lopez and other Central Florida nominees fall shy of being named James Beard Award finalists
Born & Bread Bakehouse in Lakeland and chef Tony Elkhouri of Cedar’s Cafe in Melbourne didn’t make the cut either