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Billy Ngo’s culinary career didn’t start in the kitchen. Ngo worked at Fuji on Broadway in Land Park into his 20s, rising through the ranks from busboy to sushi chef.
The restaurant serves sushi, [2] and was a semifinalist in the Outstanding Restaurant category of the James Beard Foundation Awards in 2024. [3] See also
The James Beard Foundation Awards have been likened to the Oscars of the food world due to its prestige and recognition. [1] [6] NPR described this award category "sneakily subversive". [1] In the early years of the award, the focus was primarily on restaurants that served cuisines familiar to most Americans.
The co-owner of the East Sacramento restaurant joined chefs based in the Bay Area and Los Angeles County along with one from San Diego.
The award was administered by the James Beard Foundation from 1990 to 2018 and presented at the annual gala. [15] The foundation decided to retire the awards after 2018, citing a new commitment to inclusion. [16] Including the inductees from the 1980s, the final Who's Who list included nearly 300 individuals. [17]
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The 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards were presented on May 3, 2010, at New York's Lincoln Center, in a ceremony hosted by Alton Brown, Lidia Bastianich, and Wolfgang Puck. [4] The media and book awards were presented one nigher earlier in a ceremony at Espace, hosted by Kelly Choi and Andrew Zimmern .
Hajime Sato, the chef and owner of a sustainable sushi restaurant in Clawson was honored as the "Best Chef Great Lakes" at Monday's James Beard Awards.