CHISPAS AWARDS

Name: Chispa Awards
Address: 13901 Midway Road, Dallas, TX, 75244, US
Telephone: 214-214-8226

Celebrating the Fire and Soul of Hospitality

Adan Ventura

2024 Best Chef

Chispas Awards Winner

Submit Your Chispas Awards 2025 Vote

About Chispas Awards

The Chispa Awards celebrates Latino Culinary Professionals and their contributions to cultivating and preparing the food we share at our family tables daily.

The annual program recognizes your favorite Latino staff across nine restaurant service categories, including restaurant owners, chefs, sous chefs, cooks, hosts, and sous chefs.

The DFW community selects the best in the culinary industry by voting. Winners will be announced during the 2025 Taste Addison from April 25th to 27th.

"It's time to eat, drink and celebrate the fire and soul of hospitality by voting for your favorite culinary professional."

Lydia González, Chef & Chispas Awards Founder

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How Chispas Awards Work

But beyond celebrating individual achievements, we celebrate our community. We honor our ancestors, whose cooking techniques we still use thousands of years later, and what unites us all - our love of our native ingredients.

March 1st

Public Nomination and Voting Begin

Public Nomination and Voting End

April 11th

Chispas Awards Winners Announced at Taste of Addison

April 6th

Chef top 5 Announced

April 25th-27th

Individual Categories

Nominate a Latino Worker who shows outstanding service in a Restaurant

Best Hostess

Best Bartender

Best Souschef

Best General Manager

Best Server

Best Chef

Best Pastry Chef

Best Kitchen Manager

Best Kitchen Staff

Restaurant Categories

Nominate a Latino Restaurant who shows outstanding service

Best Full Service

Best Fast Food

Best Fast Casual

Best Food Truck

Voting Process

Who can vote:

Anyone restaurant goer who recognizes good service, work ethic, and a positive contribution to your restaurant experience.

Who can receive votes:

A restaurant experience isn’t only about the food, it’s about the people, too. Vote for the people that make your trip out for a meal a positive experience. Categories will include chef, sous/support chef, kitchen manager, server, kitchen staff, and hostesses.

Eligibility for Chefs to be voted:

Chefs who are voted should be actively working in the restaurant and catering industry in North Texas.

Eligibility to be voted

Open to anyone working in the culinary field for a minimum 2 years.

Consideration for Chefs selected:

Anyone restaurant goer who recognizes good service, work ethic, and a positive contribution to your restaurant experience.

Participation fees:

There are no fees to participate and visiting or dining a restaurant in no way constitutes a privilege.

Submitting a voting:

Voting must include first and last name of the nominee, restaurant name, category, contact information of the person submitting nomination, and reason for selection. Incomplete nominations will be rendered inadmissible.

Selection criteria for staff nominees:

Voters during the voting period between March 1st and April 1st will help determine the selection, with the final choices based on the number of votes submitted by the public. There will be no official nominees, as each vote counts.

Selection criteria for Chefs

Winners will be selected by votes submitted by the public and by the LCIA judges through a cooking competition

About the judges:

The judging panel will be made up of industry leaders and LCIA contributors supporting the mission of LCIA Judges.

Representation of the Values of LCIA:

Allegations of criminal, unethical behavior, or behavior determined to be detrimental or contrary to the integrity and mission of the Awards may be cause for disqualification and removal from the nominating ballot or final ballot.