Format: Opening Night Walk-Around Indoor Reception with Chef and Beverage Stations

Host Chef

James Beard Award Winner®
Nancy Silverton
Mozza Restaurant Group
Los Angeles, CA

Special Guest

James Beard Award Winner®
Alice Waters
Chez Panisse
Berkeley, CA

Featured Chefs

James Beard Award Nominee®
Susan Bae
Moon Rabbit
Washington, D.C.

James Beard Award Semifinalist®
Tavel Bristol-Joseph
Canje
Austin, TX

James Beard Award Winner®
Sean Brock
Audrey
Nashville, TN

James Beard Award Winner®
Maneet Chauhan
Chauhan Ale and Masala House, Tansuo, and The Mockingbird
Nashville, TN

Maya Okada Erickson
James Beard Award Winner® Langbaan
Portland, OR

James Beard Award Winner®
Jose Garces
Amada
Philadelphia, PA

James Beard Award Nominee®
Mason Hereford
Turkey and the Wolf
New Orleans, LA

James Beard Award Winner®
Timothy Hollingsworth
Los Angeles, CA

Aisha Ibrahim
James Beard Award Nominee® Canlis
Seattle, WA

James Beard Award Winner®
Stephanie Izard
Girl & the Goat
Chicago, IL

James Beard Award Nominee®
Carlo Lamagna
Magna Kusina, Portland, OR
Magna Kainan, Denver, CO

James Beard Award Nominee®
James London
Chubby Fish
Charleston, SC

James Beard Award Winner®
Emily Luchetti
California

James Beard Award Semifinalist®
Mawa McQueen
Mawa's Kitchen
Aspen, CO

James Beard Award Winner®
Alex Seidel
Fruition Restaurant and Mercantile Dining & Provision
Denver, CO

R. Kent Torrey
The Cheese Shop Inc.
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA

James Beard Award Semifinalist®
Kiran Verma
Kiran's
Houston, TX

James Beard Award Winner®
Andrew Zimmern
Passport Hospitality
Minneapolis, MN


Join us at the prestigious Pebble Beach Food & Wine festival for a spectacular gathering of JBF noteworthy chefs and beverage luminaries. The Opening Night Reception hosted by James Beard Award Winner® Nancy Silverton kicks off four days of culinary education and celebration, hosted at the iconic Pebble Beach Resorts.

Opening Night Reception at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is part of the Friends of James Beard Benefit series; events hosted by generous people, businesses, and organizations outside of JBF that provide critical funding for our programs. Each event supports our mission to champion a standard of Good Food for Good® anchored in talent, equity, and sustainability.