Announcing the 2014 Eater Awards for Nashville

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, So Hot Right Now Restaurant, Bartender of the Year, 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 Nashville.

Eater Awards 2014

Restaurant of the Year: The 404 Kitchen, The Catbird Seat, Husk Nashville, Josephine, Rolf and Daughters
Finalists: The 404 Kitchen, Husk Nashville, Josephine
Winner: The 404 Kitchen

Chef of the Year:
Nominees: Sean Brock, Matt Bolus, Andrew Little, Trevor Moran, Todd Alan Martin
Finalists: Matt Bolus, Andrew Little, Todd Alan Martin
Winner: Andrew Little of Josephine

So Hot Right Now
Nominees: Adele's, Hattie B's Hot Chicken, Pinewood Social, Sinema, Thai Esane
Finalists: Hattie B's Hot Chicken, Sinema, Thai Esane
Winner: Sinema

Bartender of the Year
Nominees: Jeremiah Blake, Damien Breaw, Ben Clemons, Matt Tocco, Jon Yeager
Finalists: Jeremiah Blake, Damien Breaw, Ben Clemons
Winner: Ben Clemons

Stone Cold Stunner
Nominees: Josephine, Pinewood Social, Prima, Sinema, Union Common
Finalists: Prima, Sinema, Union Common
Winner: Sinema

Most Inevitable Shutter
Winner: Music City Tippler