Two chefs, baker from Tucson's food scene nominated for James Beard Award

Maria Mazon and Don Guerra have been nominated before but it's a first for Tito & Pep owner John Martinez.

1 of 2 Tito & Pep chef/owner John Martinez, shown with general manager Tatiana Devere, picked up his first James Beard Award nomination.Cathalena E. Burch Two Tucson chefs and a Tucson baker are semifinalist nominees for the prestigious James Beard Award, the James Beard Foundation announced on Wednesday.

Guerra and his bread, made from locally-sourced heritage grains, was recently featured in the New York Times in a story written by James Beard Award-winning food author John Birdsall. Other Arizona restaurants vying for James Beard Awards include the Scottsdale Japanese restaurant ShinBay, for outstanding restaurant; Rochelle Daniel, chef/partner of Flagstaff's farm-to-table restaurant Atria, and Donald Hawk, chef of downtown Phoenix's ambitious eatery Valentine, for best emerging chef; Phoenix's Sonoran-style Mexican restaurant Bacanora, for best new restaurant; Mark Chacón, chef-owner of Chacónne Patisserie in downtown Phoenix, for outstanding pastry...

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