The UPPY Awards

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.

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.

If you are a UP Member, NOMINATE HERE. Not a member? Learn more and sign up here.

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

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