ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

Rising Star Chef of the Year, presented by James Beard Foundation

Not presented in 2020 or 2021; in 2022 the award was renamed "Emerging Chef".

Name	Year
Kwame Onwuachi	2019
Camille Cogswell	2018
Zachary Engel	2017
Daniela Soto-Innes	2016
Jessica Largey	2015
Jimmy Bannos Jr. *	2014
Blaine Wetzel *	2014
Danny Bowien	2013
Christina Tosi	2012
Gabriel Rucker	2011
Timothy Hollingsworth	2010
Nate Appleman	2009
Gavin Kaysen	2008
David Chang	2007
Corey Lee	2006
Christopher Lee	2005
Allison Vines-Rushing	2004
Grant Achatz	2003
Jean François Bruel	2002
Galen Zamarra	2001
Andrew Carmellini	2000
Marcus Samuelsson	1999
Keith Luce	1998
Michael Mina	1997
Douglas Rodriguez	1996
Traci Des Jardins	1995
Sarah Stegner	1994
Bobby Flay	1993
Debra Ponzek	1992
Todd English	1991
* shared award