{"id":635,"date":"2026-06-16T19:31:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=635"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:31:49","slug":"local-author-claims-james-beard-media-award-restaurant-chef-awards-remain-elusive-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=635","title":{"rendered":"Local author claims James Beard Media Award. 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She left the food industry at age 25 to become a self-described stay-at-home-mom. She has three children with special needs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I stopped working in restaurants to start a family, I thought my career was over,\u201d Ram\u00edrez said in her acceptance speech June 13 at the Art Institute of Chicago. \u201cSo I want to dedicate this award to all the hard-working moms out there, especially the moms of special-needs children and my beautiful mom, Dora.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two nights later at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, two San Antonio finalists with culinary acclaim left without a Beard.<\/p>\n<p>Progressive Mexican culinaria Mixtli, winner of a Michelin star in 2024 and 2025, lost in the Outstanding Restaurant category for the third time. This year\u2019s award went to Kalaya in Philadelphia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tavel Bristol-Joseph, whose Nicosi Dessert Bar earned a Michelin star last year, lost in the Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker category to Susan Bae of Moon Rabbit in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Bristol-Joseph earned James Beard nominations for Best Chef: Texas in 2023 and 2024 for his work at Canje, a modern Caribbean restaurant in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Mixtli has earned multiple Beard nominations. It was a finalist for Outstanding Hospitality last year. Founders Diego Galicia and Rico Torres were semifinalists for Best Chef: Southwest in 2018. Mixtli also earned Outstanding Restaurant nominations in 2022 and 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=631\">How did San Antonio schools perform on STAAR this year?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Monday\u2019s awards ceremony, Galicia thanked the James Beard Foundation \u201cfor yet another nomination\u201d on his Instagram feed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to all of our fellow nominees and winners!!,\u201d he wrote. \u201cEspecially all the friends representing Houston! Until next time .. maybe 4th time is a charm? Only time and hard work will tell. Adios!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Galicia, Ram\u00edrez grew up in Mexico. According to a YouTube video posted on her website, she ate skirt steak tacos in her family\u2019s restaurant and dreamed of opening her own restaurant in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from the CIA, Ram\u00edrez worked in hotel restaurants. She was offered a job as a sous chef only to learn she was pregnant. She left the business to raise her child. Seven years into motherhood, she started a blog, \u201cthe perfect outlet,\u201d she said, \u201cfor my culinary frustrations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ram\u00edrez posted recipes and took photos of her dishes. The blog\u2019s popularity led her to teach cooking classes and work as a personal chef.<\/p>\n<p>A personal health crisis led Ram\u00edrez to becoming a vegan. When her mother developed diabetes, Ram\u00edrez began cooking vegan enchiladas. Her mother devoured them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if my mom was willing to give it a try,\u201d Ram\u00edrez said in her YouTube video, \u201chow many more Mexican mamas could be willing to do the same?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ram\u00edrez rebranded her blog to \u201cvegan Mexican.\u201d She heard from an organization looking for a vegan bilingual food photographer and recipe developer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A work-from-home life turned. A cookbook career was born. And then, to her astonishment, a James Beard Media Award followed \u2014 the first food industry Oscar for San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantoniomovingreport.com\/?p=629\">Alamo Colleges District plans to increase property tax rate to balance budget<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>READ MORE<\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<article>\n<!-- .featured-image --><\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Local author claims James Beard Media Award. 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