It is time now — drumroll, trumpets, gongs — to announce the winners of the 2015 Eater Awards. In over a dozen categories in 24 cities, the winners comprise a diverse group of the finest and most interesting chefs, operators, and characters in the continent that have defined this year in dining. We applaud them. You are hereby instructed to applaud them.

To recap, Eater's local editors in 24 cities nominated candidates for five major local categories: Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year, Bartender of the Year, So Hot Right Now Restaurant, and Stone Cold Stunner. Eater readers then voted to narrow the field to a final three in each category. From that final three, the Eater editorial team chose one to move forward and the Eater braintrust got together to decide the national winners. Without further ado, here's who came out on top in Charleston.

Eater Awards 2015

Restaurant of the Year

Nominees: Minero, Artisan Meat Share, Spero, 167 Raw, R. Kitchen

Finalists: Minero, 167 Raw, Spero

Winner: 167 Raw

Chef of the Year

Nominees: Jason Stanhope, Ari Kolender, Emily Hahn, Bob Cook, Nate Whiting

Finalists: Bob Cook, Emily Hahn, Nate Whiting

Winner: Emily Hahn

So Hot Right Now

Nominees: Stereo 8, Parlor Deluxe, 492, The Westendorff, Mercantile and Mash

Finalists: Parlor Deluxe, The Westendorff, Mercantile and Mash

Winner: Mercantile and Mash

Bartender of the Year

Nominees: Jeremiah Schenzel, Teddy Nixon, Steven Huddleston, Megan Deschaine, Nayda Freire

Finalists: Jeremiah Schenzel, Teddy Nixon, Megan Deschaine

Winner: Jeremiah Schenzel and Teddy Nixon (because they helped open the same bar, we thought it fair they share the award)

Stone Cold Stunner

Nominees: Cannon Green, 492, The Westendorff, Élevé, Parlor Deluxe

Finalists: Cannon Green, The Westendorff, 492

Winner: Cannon Green

Best Pop-Up

Winner: John Lewis

Lewis had crowds waiting around the block for his summer pop-up series at Revelry Brewing. When folks are willing to wait three hours for brisket, we'd call it a success.