Mark Furstenberg of Bread Furst in Van Ness is a James Beard award finalist for Outstanding Baker. (Photo by LaTur)

The James Beard Foundation has announced its 2017 award finalists. The District made a strong showing among the semifinalists, in February, with multiple nominees in categories like Best New Restaurant, Outstanding Chef Mid-Atlantic, Outstanding Service, and others.

While field has narrowed across the board since then, D.C. still has several big names in the running, including the two-Michelin star Pineapple & Pearls, Bad Saint, and The Washington Post. Here the full list of nominees across the country. Winners will be announced on May 1.

Best New Restaurant:

• Pineapple & Pearls (715 8th St. SE)

Outstanding Baker

• Mark Furstenberg, Bread Furst (4434 Connecticut Ave. NW)

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)

• Amy Brandwein, Centrolina (974 Palmer Alley, NW)
• Tom Cunanan, Bad Saint (3226 11th St. NW)

Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication

• Washington Post Food, Joe Yonan and Bonnie Benwick

Home Cooking

• “The Amazingly Simple Path to Incredible Homemade Bagels”
Becky Krystal and Alex Baldinger, The Washington Post

In addition to the above nominees, restauranteur Nora Pouillon has been nominated for the foundation’s 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1999, Pouillon’s Restaurant Nora became the country’s first certified organic restaurant. She announced last October that she would sell the restaurant to someone of equal passion.