The UPPY Awards

Save the date for 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.

Nominations are now open! 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.

More event information to be announced soon. In the meantime, check out the 2024 winners.

Thank You Sponsors!

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