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For James Beard finalist Southern Junction, every night is a test

Between January and June, they will go through two rounds of anonymous judging as members of the organization’s judging panel stop in for a bite.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s not easy staying on your toes for nearly 10 weeks.

That’s the situation Ryan Fernandez finds himself in, as he prepares for an Academy Award-like evening June 10 to hear if he has been selected as the nation’s top emerging chef at the 2024 James Beard Awards.

Fernandez is the owner of Southern Junction, which was named a semifinalist in January and then a finalist for the award in early April. Between January and June, he and the other finalists will go through two rounds of anonymous judging as members of the organization’s judging panel stop in for a bite.

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