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For the second year running, Executive Chef, Joe Kim from 5 Fusion and Sushi Bar has been named one of only 20 semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards in the category of Best Chef in the Northwest. 

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This article appears in Feb 18-25, 2015.

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5 Fusion heading James Beards’ way again

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 23, 2015

<h1>5 Fusion heading James Beards’ way again</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 23, 2015</p> <p>For the second year running,&nbsp;Executive Chef, Joe Kim from 5&nbsp;Fusion and Sushi Bar&nbsp;has been named one of only 20 semifinalists for the James Beard Foundation Awards in the category of Best Chef in the Northwest.&nbsp;</p> <p>Congrats!&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/5-fusion-heading-james-beards-way-again-2424959/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=27840&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/5-fusion-heading-james-beards-way-again-2424959/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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