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umbligado t1_j5vmm4b wrote

I could be entirely wrong here, but I suspect the nominating committee tried to diversify the nominee slate based on multiple factors, cost likely being one of them. There’s always a big deal made over the cheapest 1 Michelin star restaurant in the world (I was lucky enough to go to Tim Wo Han in Hong Kong when it held the title) — it’s possible that was in their mind when making some of these choices. No disrespect meant toward Ekiben, just to be clear.

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umbligado t1_j5vlv8q wrote

Charleston was nominated, but for hospitality this time around.

To be clear, Wolf herself or one of her restaurants have been nominated over 20 times (with various wins) since around 2007 in many different categories.

Again, a lot of these nominations and awards are kind of arbitrary. I was (mildly) surprised Little Donna’s didn’t make the list, but it could be too new. I’m sure there’s other deserving spots as well that haven’t been nominated recently.

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