{"id":20482,"date":"2026-09-19T18:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/20482\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T18:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:42:33","slug":"nebraska-chefs-omaha-restaurant-named-james-beard-semifinalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/20482\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska chefs, Omaha restaurant named James Beard semifinalists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nebraska chefs, Omaha restaurant named semifinalists for 2026 James Beard Awards<\/p>\n

\"JakeOMAHA, Neb. \u2014<\/p>\n

A downtown Omaha restaurant and two Nebraska chefs have been nominated for a prestigious national award.<\/p>\n

David Utterback from Ota and Yoshitomo in Omaha and Zach Midgett from Casa Bovina in Lincoln were each named semifinalists for Best Chef: Midwest.<\/p>\n

Utterback was named a finalist for the award in 2025.<\/p>\n

There were 20 semifinalists announced for the award, which includes chefs in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Le Bouillon was named as a semifinalist for Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages Program.<\/p>\n

The finalists will be announced March 31 and the winners will be named at an award ceremony in Chicago on June 15.<\/p>\n

The awards, which started in 1990, recognize “exceptional talent in the culinary and food media industries, as well as a demonstrated commitment to racial and gender equity, community, sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive.”<\/p>\n

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Nebraska chefs, Omaha restaurant named semifinalists for 2026 James Beard Awards OMAHA, Neb. \u2014 A downtown Omaha restaurant and two Nebraska chefs have been nominated for a prestigious national award. David Utterback from Ota and Yoshitomo in Omaha and Zach Midgett from Casa Bovina in Lincoln were each named semifinalists for Best Chef: Midwest. Utterback<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[7126,19366,19356,362,19357,13250,4979,8309,5022,19358,5339,4075,3642,5184,19364,5182,5180,5183,5181,3051,19362,5277,19365,19359,19367,160,11244,19363,92,19360,19361],"class_list":["post-20482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nebraska","tag-award","tag-best-chef","tag-casa-bovina","tag-chefs","tag-david-utterback","tag-finalist","tag-iowa","tag-james-beard-awards","tag-kansas","tag-le-bouillon","tag-lincoln","tag-minnesota","tag-missouri","tag-nebraska","tag-nebraska-chef","tag-nebraska-dining","tag-nebraska-food","tag-nebraska-grocery-stores","tag-nebraska-restaurants","tag-north-dakota","tag-old-market","tag-omaha","tag-omaha-restaurant","tag-ota","tag-prestigious-national-award","tag-restaurant","tag-semifinalist","tag-semifinalists","tag-wine","tag-yoshitomo","tag-zach-midgett"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117299179956031397","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}