The 2014 Eater Awards for Seattle

It is time now-drumroll, trumpets, gongs-to announce the winners of the 2014 Eater Awards. In over a dozen categories in 24 cities, the winners comprise a diverse group of the finest and most interesting chefs, operators, and characters in the continent that have defined this year in dining. We applaud them. You are hereby instructed to applaud them.

To recap, Eater's local editors in 24 cities nominated candidates for five major local categories: Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year, Bartender of the Year, So Hot Right Now Restaurant, and Stone Cold Stunner. Eater readers then voted to narrow the field to a final three in each category. From that final three, the Eater editorial team chose one to move forward and the Eater.com braintrust got together to decide the national winners. Without further ado, here's who came out on top in Seattle.

Eater Awards 2014

Restaurant of the Year
Nominees: Trove, Loulay, Pizzeria Gabbiano, Hommage, Red Cow
Finalists: Trove, Hommage, Red Cow
Winner: Trove

Chef of the Year
Nominees: Brendan McGill, Rachel Yang, Mike Easton, Zoi Antonitsas, Nico Borzee
Finalists: Brendan McGill, Rachel Yang, Zoi Antonitsas
Winner: Rachel Yang (Joule, Revel, Trove)

So Hot Right Now
Nominees: Porkchop & Co., Damn the Weather, Pizzeria Gabbiano, The London Plane, Single Shot
Finalists: Damn the Weather, Pizzeria Gabbiano, The London Plane
Winner: Damn the Weather

Bartender of the Year
Nominees: Tyler Stamon, Kate Perry, Anu Apte, Chris Goad, Robert Rowland
Finalists: Anu Apte, Chris Goad, Robert Rowland
Winner: Chris Goad (Canon)

Stone Cold Stunner
Nominees: Mezcaleria Oaxaca, Trove, Quality Athletics, Vespolina, The London Plane
Finalists: Mezcaleria Oaxaca, Trove, The London Plane
Winner: The London Plane

Saddest Closure of the Year
Winner: Paseo

Check out winners from across the country on Eater National.