@bethejuggernaut: Chef Vijay Kumar of Semma has won the James Beard Award for Best Chef New York — his first nomination and win 🥇 “When I started cooking, I never thought a dark-skinned boy from Tamil Nadu would make it to a room like this,” he said during his acceptance speech. “But the food I grew up on, food made with care, with fire, with soul, is now taking the main stage.” “There’s no such thing as a poor person’s food or rich person’s food. It’s food…tonight, Indian cuisine stands tall. #Tamil food stands tall…and it all matters.” 🎥 (c) James Beard Foundation