Tune in for live Tweets tonight and be among the first to find out who's taking home Dining Awards; the full story will be posted here tomorrow morning.

Meanwhile, the James Beard Foundation's Restaurant and Chef Awards semi-finalists were announced today. These are the most prestigious food awards in the country, and two Utah restaurants made the cut.

For the second year in a row, Viet Pham and Bowman Brown of Forage are semi-finalists in the Best Chef in the Southwest category.

And High West Distillery & Saloon is a  semi-finalist in the Best New Restaurant category.

Utah's culinary reputation is spreading. Last year, Bill White, the (young) godfather of cuisine in Utah, was a semi-finalist in the Restaurateur category.

Nice to have the world find out what we already know: We have a great food community here in Utah.