The UPPY Awards

Join us at the 2025 UPPY Awards! This year’s event will take place at Charlotte’s historic Visulite Theatre on Monday, November 10th from 6- 9 p.m. Unpretentious Palate‘s fifth annual People of the Year Awards, or The UPPYs, will celebrate the best in Charlotte’s restaurant industry, from chefs and bartenders to sommeliers and general managers.

See the 2025 UPPY Awards Finalists here! To choose the finalists, we lean on some of the city’s most food-educated and seasoned diners, UP members, to help select our finalists via nominations. This prevents someone from being named a winner solely based on the quality of their PR team or social media following.

Tickets include an awards presentation, dinner from Something Classic, and live music from Troy Conn. Tickets are on sale now! Please note ticket price is all-inclusive of fees and tax.

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