Yes, Nashville is exploding in reputation for being a dining destination, but it has only captured six wins since James Beard awards started in 1991

New York City restaurants won three of the six major national awards: outstanding chef (Jungsik Yim of Jungsik ), outstanding hospitality ( Atomix) and outstanding restaurateur (Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr of Frenchette, Le Rock and Le Veau d’Or ).

The James Beard Awards are sometimes called the Oscars of food, but the 35th annual ceremony at the Lyric Opera in Chicago on Monday focused on the political moment far more than Hollywood did at the Academy Awards in March.