the 2025 James Beard Foundation Media Awards HAPPENED On June 14th of ChicagoAnd Eater Chicago's Ashok Selvam won the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award award. Recognized, according to the beards, “the work of a person involved in readers by covering food and investigations, profiles, reporting news.”
In addition, Punch is recognized by a journalism award in the drink category for the story of Craig Saan Herculean challenges faced by Thailand diillyers. This award recognizes “different styles, perfect knowledge, simple-minded prose, and new methods of an article of alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages.”
These wins come between six nominations for food and punchIncluding nominations for Eater Correspondent Jaya Saxena for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing award, Eater Chicago Freelance Contributor Nylah Iqbal Muhammad in the Foodways Category, An Additional Nomination in the Beverage Category for Punch Contributor Mickey Lyons. It marks the 13th and fourth James Bary Media Award for the past eight years.