From bakeries to wine packages, three Miami eating places and three South Florida cooks are within the working as 2024 semifinalists in 4 completely different classes.
The 2024 picks spotlight a few of Miami’s favourite cooks, bakeries, and eating places, together with two common bakeries, Zak the Baker and Caracas Bakery, and Italian favourite Macchialina in Miami Beach.
South Florida’s 2024 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalists are listed beneath.
Outstanding BakeryOutstanding Pastry Chef or Baker![A closeup of pasta in a white bowl](https://media2.miaminewtimes.com/mia/imager/u/blog/18829540/screen_shot_2024-01-08_at_10.58.03_am.png?cb=1706135839)
Macchialina in Miami Beach is an excellent Italian restaurant that is good for date night time.
Photo by Nicole Lopez-Alvar
![Portrait of Val Chang](https://media2.miaminewtimes.com/mia/imager/u/blog/18829597/valerie-chang-headshot-1.jpg?cb=1706136128)
Miami chef Val Chang opened Maty’s — named after her paternal grandmother — in 2023 in Midtown.
Maty’s photograph
- Valerie Chang, Maty’s, Miami
- Tristen Epps, Ocean Social (on the Eden Roc), Miami
![Outdoor seating area at Ocean Social at Eden Roc Miami Beach](https://media2.miaminewtimes.com/mia/imager/u/blog/18829628/ocean_social_at_eden_roc_miami_beach_by_chef_tristen_epps.png?cb=1706135839)
Ocean Social at Eden Roc Miami Beach has a stupendous outside seating space.
Photo by Chef Tristen Epps
Clay Conley of Buccan in Palm Beach can be among the many Best Chef South discipline.
Finalists shall be introduced on Wednesday, April 3, and winners shall be topped on the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Ceremony on Monday, June 10, on the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
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