David Posey, Blackbird (Chicago, Illinois)

Blaine Wetzel, The Willows Inn on Lummi Island (Lummi Island, Washington)

BEST CHEF: GREAT LAKES

Dave Beran, Next (Chicago, Illinois)

Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat (Chicago, Illinois)

Jonathon Sawyer, Greenhouse Tavern (Cleveland, Ohio)

Paul Virant, Perennial Virant (Chicago, Illinois)

Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia (Chicago, Illinois)

BEST CHEF: MID-ATLANTIC

Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve (Alexandria, Virginia)

Spike Gjerde, Woodberry Kitchen (Baltimore, Maryland)

Johnny Monis, Komi (Washington, D.C.)

Brad Spence, Amis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Vikram Sunderam, Rasika (Washington, D.C.)

BEST CHEF: MIDWEST

Justin Aprahamian, Sanford (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Gerard Craft, Niche (Clayton, Missouri)

Colby Garrelts, Bluestem (Kansas City, Missouri)

Michelle Gayer, Salty Tart (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Jack Riebel, Butcher & the Boar (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

BEST CHEF: NORTHEAST

Jamie Bissonnette, Coppa (Boston, Massachusetts)

Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery + Cafe (Boston, Massachusetts)

Gerry Hayden, The North Fork Table & Inn (Southold, New York)

Melissa Kelly, Primo (Rockland, Maine)