The eyes of the James Beard Foundation have firmly settled on Texas, as the Lone Star State this year has its own regional category for Best Chef. You would think that moving Texas from the Southwest region into its own region would mean many more semifinalists from Austin. You'd think wrong. While five Austin chefs made the Southwest region semifinals last year, only three of the 20 semifinalists in the Texas region come from Austin. And they were all semifinalists last year. Michael Fojtasek of #1 restaurant in the Austin360 Dining Guide, Olamaie, is a semifinalist, along with repeat semifinalist Kevin Fink of 2018 #1 Austin restaurant