Philadelphia chef wins James Beard award

Mawn’s Phila Lorn wins the James Beard for Emerging Chef

Philly took home one of the major James Beard Awards Monday night, thanks to a chef named after our city. Phila Lorn, owner of Mawn, the Cambodian Noodle house, won the award for Emerging Chef. Phila opened Mawn as a mom-and-pop restaurant in 2023 with his wife, Rachel, who operates the front of the house.  “I got nominated for emerging chef, but … it’s a man’s-world type of thing that I get to go to the James Beard Awards,” Lorn told Billy Penn…

Philly-based chef takes home 'prestigious' James Beard Award

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Philadelphia chef wins James Beard award

Mawn's Phila Lorn wins James Beard Award for best emerging chef

Phila Lorn, the owner of Cambodian noodle house Mawn in South Philadelphia, won best emerging chef at the James Beard Awards ceremony Monday night. Other Philadelphia nominees, including Lovers Bar, and chefs Jesse Ito, of Royal Sushi & Izakaya, and Amanda Shulman, of Her Place Supper Club, went home empty-handed.

Phila Lorn of Mawn Wins at the 2025 James Beard Awards

Phila Lorn, the chef at Mawn, is the only Philadelphian honored at the James Beard Foundation's Restaurant and Chef Awards.

Phila Lorn of Mawn in Philadelphia wins James Beard Foundation Award for Emerging Chef of the year

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