Charleen Badman

Charleen Badman
Born
Tucson, Arizona
Culinary career
Award(s) won
  • James Beard Award, Best Chef in Southwest 2019
Websitewww.fnbrestaurant.com/about

Charleen Badman is an American chef and co-owner of the FnB restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona, who won the 2019 Best Chef in the Southwest James Beard Award.[1][2] It was the first time since 2007 that a chef from Arizona won the award.[3]

Badman is a past President of the Phoenix, Arizona chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier.[4]

  1. ^ "The Arizona restaurants and chefs recognized by the James Beard Awards". azcentral. March 16, 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ Armato, Dominic (May 6, 2019). "James Beard Award results are in. Charleen Badman of FnB is this year's Best Chef Southwest". The Republic. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. ^ Buchanan, Nikki (May 8, 2019). "Charleen Badman is Arizona's Newest James Beard Award Winner". Phoenix Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ "CHARLEEN BADMAN". Slow Food Phoenix. Retrieved 26 August 2022.