Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong restaurant in downtown Phoenix has won her first James Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest. Martin ...

Yotaka Martin, chef of Lom Wong in Phoenix, won the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest. Several Phoenix chefs congratulated Martin on social media. The James Beard Awards — the Oscars of ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in Phoenix won her first Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest. Martin grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. Since 2022, she's shared her family and hometown ...

Food & Wine released its 2025 Best New Chefs list on Sept. 9 and Phoenix chef Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in Phoenix received a shoutout. Martin, who won the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef — ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong restaurant in downtown Phoenix has won her first James Beard Award for Best Chef — Southwest. Martin grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. Since 2022, she has ...