The nation’s biggest annual food awards are ramping up again, and more than a dozen local chefs, restaurants, and restaurateurs made the semifinal cut.

Chef Rob Rubba did D.C. proud Monday night at the annual restaurant awards ceremony in Chicago.

Seven local chefs and restaurants were in the running for the 2022 awards.

The list features 13 chefs and restaurants from the D.C. area across eight categories, including “Outstanding Chef” and “Best New Restaurant.”

Kith and Kin’s young pastry chef is a finalist for two major awards and currently turning heads with a doughnut pop up.

The nominees for chefs and restaurants were selected from a list that included 21 local names.

The chefs of Kith and Kin and Bad Saint were big winners on Monday.

Jaleo, pastry chef Pichet Ong, and Bad Saint’s Tom Cunanan also made the finals.

Patrick O’Connell’s restaurant became the District’s first three-star Michelin restaurant last year.

Newbies Ellē and Spoken English made the cut, as did old favorites like Jaleo and Columbia Room.