San Diego’s two 2026 James Beard Award- nominated chefs planning special dinners

San Diego’s two 2026 James Beard Award- nominated chefs planning special dinners

Animae chef Tara Monsod and Lilo chef Eric Bost, who were both recently named 2026 James Beard Award semifinalists for Best Chef: California, have announced collaboration dinner events in the coming weeks. Monsod, who is the first San Diego chef to have made it to the final round of the Beard Awards in 2024 and 2025, will be collaborating with a fellow San Diego Asian-American chef on two Lunar New Year menus this month. And Bost, who oversees t…