All four of the local semifinalists for the 2012 Best Chef/Midwest James Beard award -- plus seven more culinary luminaries from around the country -- will join forces April 16 at Sidney Street Cafe.

A St. Louis stop on the Celebrity Chef Tour will bring together Kevin Willmann of Farmhaus, Gerard Craft of the Niche restaurants, Josh Galliano of Monarch and host chef Kevin Nashan. They will be joined by Michael Sullivan of Tennessee's Blackberry Farm; Martin Rios of Martin in Santa Fe, NM; Debbie Gold of the American Restaurant in Kansas City; Alex Lee of Long Island's Glen Oaks Country Club; Kelly English of Restaurant Iris in Memphis and Kelly English Steakhouse in St. Louis; 2010 Food and Wine Best New Chef John B. Shields; and Randy Lewis, who's currently working on the opening of Parish Eleven in San Francisco.

Tickets are $190 inclusive and will be available through the Celebrity Chef website. According to the organization, "The Celebrity Chef Tour benefits The James Beard Foundation by taking the spirit of the James Beard Dinners to different cities around the U.S."