While accepting a James Beard Award - one of the most prestigious in the culinary industry this week - the Chef behind Kato's renowned Taiwanese tasting-menu in DTLA Jon Yao lauded his beloved ...

Jon Yao, of Los Angeles’s Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant Kato, won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: California at the 2025 ceremony held on June 16 in Chicago. This is his first ...

Jon Yao Kato, owner of Kato, the upscale Taiwanese restaurant in downtown L.A., has been recognized as the best chef in California by the James Beard Foundation.