The 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Finalists in Portland

We learned back in January who the James Beard Awards Semifinalists were, and now that list has been reduced to the finalists. Portland—and Oregon—have six individuals and restaurants (includes a bakery and a bar) that are on track to possibly winning a James Beard Award later this summer.

The 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Finalists

Portland figured into four categories: Outstanding Restaurant, Outstanding Bakery, Outstanding Bar, and Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA). In that final category, two additional chefs from outside Portland but inside Oregon are finalists.

Here are the finalists:

Outstanding Restaurant

Coquine (SE, website)

Outstanding Bakery

Jinju Patisserie (N, website)

Outstanding Bar

Scotch Lodge (SE, website)

Best Chef: Northwest & Pacific (AK, HI, OR, WA) Outside Portland

Ryan Roadhouse, Nodoguro (NE, website)
Joshua Dorcak, MÄS, Ashland (website)
Timothy Wastell, Antica Terra, Amity (website)

Travel Portland has an informative page of past James Beard Award nominees and venues, too, which is worth checking out. Thanks to the national Eater page for being the source for the above list of 2025 finalists.

Additional 2025 James Beard Awards Announcements: Honorees

Also, today we learned who are the Achievement Awards Honorees. This includes the Impact Awards, Lifetime Achievement, and Humanitarian of the Year. Here are the nominees:

The 2025 Impact Award Honorees

Angie Craig, U.S. Representative (MN-2); Minority Leader, House Committee on Agriculture.
Brandon Edwin Chrostowski, CEO, EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute.
Anthony Edwards Jr., CEO and Co-Founder, EatOkra.
Seanicaa Edwards Herron, Founder and Executive Director, Freedmen Heirs Foundation.
Dune Lankard, President and Founder, Native Conservancy.

Humanitarian of the Year Award and Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees

The 2025 Humanitarian of the Year Award honoree is Chad Houser, founder and CEO of Café Momentum in Dallas, TX.

The 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award honoree is Toni Tipton-Martin, an author, culinary journalist, and activist .

The next steps in the Awards timeline involves the announcement of the Media Award Nominees on Wednesday, May 7. Then in June we will see the following:

Saturday, June 14, 2025: Media Award Winners
Sunday, June 15, 2025: Impact Award Honorees
Monday, June 16, 2025: Restaurant and Chef Award Winners

We congratulate the honorees, and wish all the Restaurant and Chef Awards finalists the best of luck!