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Sarah Thompson

Chef — The cooking at Casa Playa, in Las Vegas.

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Sarah Thompson won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Southwest in 2026, for the coastal Mexican cooking at Casa Playa in the Wynn, and was a semifinalist the year before. She is the only Las Vegas chef holding that award.

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