Here are the local players who made the first cut Beard season has officially arrived: Today the James Beard Foundation released its list of Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists for 2018. On Wednesday, March 14, the foundation will release its (much shorter) list of final nominees at Philadelphia’s Parc, hosted by James Beard Award–winning restaurateur Stephen Starr alongside the Foundation’s new CEO Clare Reichenbach .

Source: Here Are D.C.’s 2018 James Beard Awards Semifinalists