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Lotus of Siam among Las Vegas restaurants up for James Beard Awards

Guests eat in the dinning room at the new second location of Lotus of Siam, a thai restaurant, in Las Vegas, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. The restaurant held a birthday party for Chef Saipin Chutima that also doubled as a grand opening for the new space. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae

Guests eat in the lounge and bar area at the new second location of Lotus of Siam, a Thai restaurant, in Las Vegas, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. The restaurant held a birthday party for Chef Saipin Chutima that also doubled as a grand opening for the new space. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae

Guests eat in the panda room at the new second location of Lotus of Siam, a Thai restaurant, in Las Vegas, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017. The restaurant held a birthday party for Chef Saipin Chutima that also doubled as a grand opening for the new space. Rachel Aston Las Vegas Review-Journal @rookie__rae

Flock & Fowl at 380 W. Sahara Ave. in Las Vegas. (Facebook)

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By Heidi Knapp Rinella / Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 15, 2018 - 11:40 am

Updated February 15, 2018 - 7:37 pm

Several Southern Nevada restaurants are represented in the 2018 James Beard Awards as semifinalists.

Lotus of Siam, 620 E. Flamingo Road (with a temporarily closed location in the Commercial Center on Sahara Avenue) is a semifinalist for outstanding wine program. Sheridan Su, whose restaurants are Flock & Fowl in The Ogden downtown (also with a temporarily closed location, at 380 W. Sahara Ave.) and Fat Choy in the Eureka Casino at 595 E. Sahara Ave., is a semi-finalist for Best Chef: West.

And Sam Fox, of Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts, is a semifinalist for outstanding restaurateur. Fox’s local restaurants are Culinary Dropout at the Hard Rock Hotel and North Italia and the soon-to-open Flower Child at 1069 S. Rampart Blvd.

The final nominees will be announced March 14. Winners will be announced at the awards gala on May 7 in Chicago.

Contact Heidi Knapp Rinella at Hrinella@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0474. Follow @HKRinella on Twitter.