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The UPPY Awards

The 2026 UPPY Award finalists have been announced! Meet this year’s finalists here.

Save the date for the 2026 UPPY Awards! Unpretentious Palate‘s sixth 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 on Monday, November 9, 2026. Tickets are on on sale now!

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.

See our recap of the event and meet the 2025 winners here.

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