Utah’s food and dining community is kicking the competition in 2018, winning four national awards since the beginning of the year.
Two chefs from the tiny town of Boulder have been recognized by the James Beard Foundation; a butcher and jam producer from Salt Lake City received Good Food Awards; and a Park City distiller has been honored for making one of the best American malt whiskeys in the country.
James Beard Awards • For the second year, Jen Castle and Blake Spalding, co-owners of Hell’s Backbone Grill in Boulder, have been named semifinalists in the James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious recognition program for professionals in the food and beverage industry.