Things I noticed about James Beard Foundation is a nonprofit organization. Their mission is to celebrate, nurture, and honor chefs and other leaders making cultural food more delicious, diverse, and sustainable for everyone. The James Beard Foundation promotes good food. About more then 30 years, the James Beard Foundation has highlighted the centrality of food culture in daily lives. the Foundation has built a platform for chefs and asserted the power of gastronomy to drive behavior, culture, and policy change around food. To that end, the Foundation has also created signature impact-oriented initiatives that include our Women’s Leadership Programs aimed at addressing the gender imbalance in the culinary industry.