Meherwan Irani accepts Outstanding Restaurant Award for Chai Pani during the 2022 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards. Photo: Jeff Schear/Getty Images for James Beard Foundation
🤞🏻The Asheville couple behind Chai Pani and Botiwalla are still in the running for the James Beard Awards' most prestigious prize, Outstanding Restaurateur.
Why it matters: Meherwan and Molly Irani are opening a Botiwalla location this spring in Raleigh Iron Works.
The latest: Several Triangle restaurants and chefs were semifinalists for various categories, but they all were shut out of the final list of nominees announced yesterday.
