NOMINEES
2009 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
Presented by Green & Black’s®
For cookbooks published in English in 2008
Winners will be announced May 4, 2009
Category: American Cooking
Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes
Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited Found from The Times-Picayune of New and Tales from a Southern Cook
Author: Arthur Schwartz Orleans Author: Martha Hall Foose
Publisher: Ten Speed Press Edited by: Marcelle Bienvenu, Judy Walker Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Editor: Clancy Drake Publisher: Chronicle Books Editor: Rica Allannic
Price: $35.00 Editor: Amy Treadwell Price: $32.50
Price: $24.95
Category: Baking and Dessert
Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of The Art and Soul of Baking
Successful Baking Recipes for Everyday Celebrations Author: Cindy Mushet, Sur La Table
Author: Shirley O. Corriher Author: Flo Braker Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publisher: Scribner Publisher: Chronicle Books Editor: Jean Lucas
Editor: Beth Wareham Editor: Bill LeBlond Price: $40.00
Price: $40.00 Price: $35.00
Category: Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Alinea The Big Fat Duck Cookbook Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide
Author: Grant Achatz Author: Heston Blumenthal Author: Thomas Keller
Publisher: Achatz LLC/Ten Speed Press Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publisher: Artisan
Editors: Nick Kokonas, Aaron Wehner Editor: Nick Trautwein Editor: Ann Bramson
Price: $50.00 Price: $250.00 Price: $75.00
Category: International
Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Food Lover’s Southeast Asian Flavors: Adventures in
Travels in the Other China Treasury of Classics and Cooking the Foods of Thailand,
Authors: Jeffrey Alford, Naomi Duguid Improvisations Vietnam, Malaysia, & Singapore
Publisher: Artisan Author: Jayne Cohen Author: Robert Danhi
Editor: Ann Bramson Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publisher: Mortar & Press
Price: $40.00 Editor: Pamela Chirls Editor: Jay Weinstein
Price: $32.50 Price: $45.00
Category: Beverage
The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea The Wines of Burgundy WineWise: Your Complete Guide to
Author: Michael Harney with Emily Kaiser Author: Clive Coates Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying
Publisher: The Penguin Press Publisher: University of California Press Wine
Editor: Ann Godoff Editor: Blake Edgar Authors: Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith,
Price: $25.95 Price: $60.00 Michael A. Weiss, The Culinary Institute of
America
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Editor: Pamela Chirls
Price: $29.95
Category: General Cooking
How to Cook Everything (Completely Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh
Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition) Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook Cookbook
Author: Mark Bittman Authors: Martha Stewart with Sarah Carey Author: Barbara Fairchild
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Editor: Linda Ingroia Editor: Doris Cooper Editor: Pamela Chirls
Price: $35.00 Price: $45.00 Price: $34.95
Category: Healthy Focus
Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La EatingWell for a Healthy Heart The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes
Puerta: Recipes from the World-Famous Cookbook for a Healthy Life
Spa Authors: Philip A. Ades, M.D., the Editors of Author: Ellie Krieger
Authors: Deborah Szekely, Deborah M. EatingWell Publisher: The Taunton Press, Inc.
Schneider, with Jesús González Publisher: The Countryman Press Editor: Pamela Hoenig
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang Editor: Lisa Sacks Price: $28.00
Editor: Luisa Weiss Price: $24.95
Price: $35.00
Category: Writing and Literature
In Defense of Food Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of
Author: Michael Pollan Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China American Beef
Publisher: The Penguin Press Author: Fuchsia Dunlop Author: Betty Fussell
Editor: Ann Godoff Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Price: $21.95 Editor: Maria Guarnaschelli Editor: Rebecca Saletan
Price: $24.95 Price: $26.00
Category: Reference and Scholarship
Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to The Science of Good Food
Through the Ages Culinary Creativity, Based on the Authors: David Joachim, Andrew Schloss,
Author: Anne Mendelson Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative with A. Philip Handel, Ph.D.
Publisher: Knopf Chefs Publisher: Robert Rose Inc.
Editor: Judith Jones Authors: Karen Page, Andrew Dornenburg Editor: Carol Sherman
Price: $29.95 Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Price: $37.95
Editor: Michael Sand
Price: $35.00
Category: Single Subject
Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Mediterranean Fresh: A Compendium of The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever
Ingredient, with Recipes One-Plate Salad Meals and Mix-and- Author: Beatrice Ojakangas
Author: Jennifer McLagan Match Dressings Publisher: Chronicle Books
Publisher: Ten Speed Press Author: Joyce Goldstein Editor: Bill LeBlond
Editor: Clancy Drake Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Price: $24.95
Price: $32.50 Editor: Maria Guarnaschelli
Price: $30.00
Category: Photography
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook Decadent Desserts Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen
Photographer: Dominic Davies Photographer: Thomas Dhellemmes of Wakiya
Artist: Dave McKean Publisher: Flammarion Photographer: Masashi Kuma
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Editor: Kate Mascaro Publisher: Kodansha International
Editor: Nick Trautwein Price: $45.00 Editor: Noriko Yokota
Price: $250.00 Price: $42.00
CATEGORIES: COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
COOKBOOK HALL OF FAME
WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MAY 4, 2009
NOMINEES
2009 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
For articles published in English in 2008
Winners will be announced on May 3, 2009
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
Monica Eng, Phil Vettel Katy McLaughlin Tom Sietsema
Chicago Tribune The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post
“Big Night. Big Mystery: Why Did Michael “Sushi Bullies” “Sound Check”
Carlson Vanish the Day After Serving Dinner 10/24/08 04/06/08
to the Greatest Chefs in the World?”
02/13/08
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes
Monica Eng Kristen Hinman Craig LaBan
Chicago Tribune Riverfront Times The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Morality Bites: Mustering Some Sympathy “The Pope of Pork” “The Tender and the Tough”
for the Bedeviled Ham and Beef” 11/27/08 05/25/08
09/21/08
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes
Rebekah Denn David Leite Kathleen Purvis
Seattle Post-Intelligencer The New York Times The Charlotte Observer
“High on the Hairy Hogs: Super-Succulent “Perfection? Hint: It’s Warm and Has a “The Belly of the Beast”
Imports are Everything U.S. Pork Isn’t” Secret” 02/27/08
04/09/08 07/09/08
Category: Newspaper Food Section
Chicago Tribune San Francisco Chronicle The Washington Post
Carol Mighton Haddix Jon Bonné and Miriam Morgan Joe Yonan
Category: Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
Ruth Reichl Alan Richman Anya von Bremzen
Gourmet Departures Food & Wine
“The Last Time I Saw Paris…” “Eating Small in New York” “The Grilling Genius of Spain”
09/08 11/12/08 06/08
Category: Magazine Feature Writing With Recipes
Edna Lewis* David Dobbs James Peterson
Gourmet Recipes by John Ash Saveur
“What is Southern?” EatingWell “Mother Sauce: The Ancient Art of the
01/08 “The Wild Salmon Debate: A Fresh Look at Saucier is Alive and Well in the Kitchens of
*Published Posthumously Whether Eating Farmed Salmon is…Well…OK” Paris and Beyond”
03/04/08 12/08
Category: Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes
Alan Richman Patricia Sharpe and the staff members Monique Truong
GQ of Texas Monthly Magazine Gourmet
“Made (Better) in Japan” Texas Monthly “My Cherry Amour”
03/08 “BBQ 08 (The Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas)” 09/08
06/08
Category: Restaurant Reviews
Jonathan Gold Adam Platt Tom Sietsema
LA Weekly New York Magazine The Washington Post
“A Proper Brasserie”; “A Fine Palate”; “Pho “Faux French”; “The Mario of Midtown”; “Great Expectations”; “Robo Restaurant”; “An
Town” “Corton on Hudson” Earned Exclamation”
09/19/08, 10/10/08, 12/12/08 07/14/08, 09/15/08, 11/24/08 03/02/08, 06/01/08, 07/20/08
Category: Reporting on Nutrition or Food-Related Consumer Issues
Barry Estabrook Mark Adams, Amanda Fortini, Melissa Rachael Moeller Gorman
Gourmet Kirsch, Josh Ozersky, Rob Patronite, EatingWell
“Greens of Wrath” Adam Platt, Robin Raisfeld “How to Feed Your Mind”
11/08 New York Magazine 09/10/08
“What Good is Breakfast?”
06/09/08
Category: Blog Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurants, or Nutrition
Andrew Knowlton Hank Shaw Erika Ehmsen, Elizabeth Jardina, Rick
The BA Foodist Hunter Angler Gardener Cook LaFrentz, Amy Machnak, Johanna
Bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/bafoodist/ Honest-food.net Silver, Margaret Sloan,
Margo True
Our One-Block Diet
Oneblockdiet.sunset.com
Category: Food-related Columns
Dorie Greenspan Corby Kummer Laura Shapiro
Bon Appétit The Atlantic Gourmet.com
“Bacon-Cheddar Quick Bread”; “All-Purpose "A Papaya Grows in Holyoke"; "Beyond the “Campaign Cookies”; "Why Does America
Holiday Cake”; “My Go-To Dough” McIntosh"; "Half a Loaf” Hate Ratatouille?"; "The Lord is my Chef"
10/08, 11/08, 12/08 04/08, 05/08, 10/08 07/08, 08/08, 11/08
Category: Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
Jon Bonné Jay McInerney Alan Richman
San Francisco Chronicle Men’s Vogue GQ
“Revolution by the Glass” “Billionaire Winos” “Viva La Revolucion!”
08/08/08 09/08 09/08
Category: Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurants, or Nutrition
Chow.com Epicurious.com Gourmet.com
Jane Goldman Tanya Steel Ruth Reichl
Category: Multimedia Food Journalism
Ruth Reichl Ruth Reichl Mike Sula
Gourmet.com Gourmet.com Chicagoreader.com
“Gourmet Cookbook Club” “The Test Kitchen” “The Whole Hog Project”
Category: M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Celia Barbour Aleksandra Crapanzano Alan Richman
O, The Oprah Magazine Gourmet GQ
“Knead, Pray, Love” “Benedictions” “My Sweet Life”
02/08 09/08 07/08
NOMINEES
2009 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards
Presented by Viking Range Corporation
For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2008
Winners will be announced on May 3, 2009
Category: Audio Webcast or Radio Show
Living Today, Martha Stewart Living Graperadio.com: Thomas Jefferson WNYC, The Leonard Lopate Show:
Radio: José Andrés and Wine 3-Ingredient Challenge
Host: Mario Bosquez Hosts: Ted M. Burns, Brian Clark, Eric Hosts: Leonard Lopate, Rozanne Gold
Area: Nationwide U.S. Anderson, Jay Selman Area: New York City Metro, Online
Producers: Naomi Gabay, Lauren Gould Area: Online Producer: Sarah English
Producer: Jay Selman
Category: Video Webcast
Obsessives: School Lunch Revolutionary The Art of Blending Savoring the Best of World Flavors,
Host: N/A Hosts: Brian Clark, Eric Anderson, Jay Selman Volume III: Vietnam and the Island
Website: Chow.com Website: Graperadio.com of Sicily
Producers: Meredith Arthur, Eric Slatkin Producers: Jay Selman, Mark Ryan Host: Jonathan Coleman
Website: Ciaprochef.com/WCA3/
Producers: John Barkley, Kenneth Wilmoth,
Greg Drescher, Steve Jilleba, Janet Fletcher
Category: Television Food Show, National and Local
Lidia’s Italy: Sweet Napoli The Château Dinner: A French Food at We Live to Eat: New Orleans’ Love
Host: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich Home Special with Laura Calder Affair with Food
Network: PBS Host: Laura Calder Host: N/A
Air Date: 04/08/08 Network: Food Network Canada Network: PBS
Producers: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Air Date: 05/11/08 Air Date: 05/09/08
Julia Harrison, Shelly Burgess Nicotra Producers: Johanna Eliot, Dugland McLaren Producers: e/Prime Media, LLC,
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Category: Television Food Segment, National and Local
ABC News, Nightline: Platelist CBS News Sunday Morning: In a Pinch ABC 7 News Friday Night Special:
Hosts: Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, Host: Martha Teichner Hungry Hound
Terry Moran Network: CBS Host: Steve Dolinsky
Network: ABC Air Date: 10/26/08 Network: ABC
Air Dates: 4/22/08, 8/11/08, 11/25/08 Producers: Jon Carras, David Small Air Date: 9/12/08, 5/9/08, 10/10/08
Producer: Sarah Rosenberg Producer: Badriyyah Waheed
NOMINEES
2008 James Beard Foundation Design and Graphics Awards
Winners will be announced on May 4, 2009
Category: Outstanding Restaurant Design
For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2006
Design Firm: Design Firm: Design Firm:
Design Bureaux, Inc. Design Bureaux, Inc. Starck Network and SBE Design Team
Designer: Designer: Designers:
Thomas Schlesser Thomas Schlesser Philippe Starck, Bruno Barrione,
2 King Street, 7E 2 King Street, 7E Theresa Fatino
New York, NY 10012 New York, NY 10012 8000 Beverly Boulevard
212.414.3171 212.414.3171 Los Angeles, CA 90048
323-330-8064
For Project: For Project:
The Publican Bar Boulud For Project:
837 West Fulton Market 1900 Broadway The Bazaar by José Andrés, SLS Hotel
Chicago, IL 60607 New York, NY 10023 at Beverly Hills
312-733-9555 212-327-3434 465 South La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
310-246-2092
Category: Outstanding Restaurant Graphics
For the best restaurant graphics executed in North America since January 1, 2006
Design Firm: Design Firm: Designer:
The JNL Graphic Design Korn Design Steven Solomon
Designers: Art Direction: Korn and Cortés; Designer: Ross 37 Orchard Street, #6
Jason Pickleman, Donald Madia 116 Saint Botolph Street New York, NY 10002
216 West Chicago Avenue Boston, MA 02115 646-241-9696
Chicago, IL 60654 617-266-8112
312.640.1999
For Project: For Project: The Project:
The Publican The Corner Office Terroir
837 West Fulton Market 1401 Curtis Street 413 East 12th Street
Chicago, IL 60607 Denver, CO 80202 New York, NY 10009
312-733-9555 303-825-6500 646.602.1300
NOMINEES
2009 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards
Winners will be announced on May 4, 2009
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR AWARD
A WORKING RESTAURATEUR WHO SETS HIGH NATIONAL STANDARDS IN RESTAURANT OPERATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE
RESTAURANT BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST 10 YEARS. CANDIDATES MUST NOT HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR A JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION CHEF AWARD IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
Tom Douglas Keith McNally Richard Melman Drew Nieporent Stephen Starr
Tom Douglas Restaurants Balthazar, Lucky Strike, Lettuce Entertain You Myriad Restaurant Group Starr Restaurants
2030 5th Ave. Morandi, Pastis, Pravda, Enterprises 249 W. Broadway, #2E 134 Market St.
Seattle, WA 98121 Schiller’s Liquor Bar 5419 N. Sheridan Road New York, NY 10013 Philadelphia, PA 19106
206-448-2001 568 Broadway Chicago, IL 60640 212-219-9500 215-923-4838
New York, NY 10012 773-878-7340
212-925-5340
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING CHEF AWARD
PRESENTED BY ALL-CLAD METALCRAFTERS
A WORKING CHEF IN AMERICA WHOSE CAREER HAS SET NATIONAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND WHO HAS SERVED AS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHER FOOD PROFESSIONALS.
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN WORKING AS CHEFS FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 5 YEARS.
José Andrés Dan Barber Tom Colicchio Suzanne Goin Paul Kahan
Minibar Blue Hill Craft Lucques Blackbird
405 8th St. NW 75 Washington Place 43 East 19th St. 8474 Melrose Ave. 619 W. Randolph St.
Washington, D.C. 20004 New York, NY 10011 New York, NY 10003 Los Angeles, CA 90069 Chicago, IL 60661
202-393-0812 212-539-1776 212-780-0880 323-655-6277 312-715-0708
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT AWARD
A RESTAURANT IN THE UNITED STATES THAT SERVES AS A NATIONAL STANDARD-BEARER FOR CONSISTENT QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE IN FOOD, ATMOSPHERE, AND SERVICE.
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST 10 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
Babbo Boulevard Fore Street Highlands Bar & Grill Jean Georges
Chef/Owner: Mario Batali Chef/Owner: Nancy Oakes Chef/Owner: Sam Chef/Owner: Frank Stitt Chef/Owner: Jean-
Owner: Joe Bastianich Owner: Pat Kuleto Hayward 2011 11th Ave. South Georges Vongerichten,
110 Waverly Place 1 Mission St. Owners: Victor Leon, Birmingham, AL 35205 Owner: Phil Suarez
New York, NY 10011 San Francisco, CA 94105 Dana Street 205-939-1400 1 Central Park West
212-777-0303 415-543-6084 288 Fore St. New York, NY 10023
Portland, ME 04101 212-299-3900
207-775-2717
CATEGORY: RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR AWARD
A CHEF AGE 30 OR YOUNGER WHO DISPLAYS AN IMPRESSIVE TALENT AND WHO IS LIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY IN YEARS TO COME.
Nate Appleman Sean Brock Johnny Monis Gabriel Rucker Michael Solomonov Sue Zemanick
A16 McCrady’s Komi Le Pigeon Zahav Gautreau’s
2355 Chestnut St. 2 Unity Alley 1509 17th St. 738 E. Burnside St. 237 St. James Place 1728 Soniat St.
San Francisco, CA Charleston, SC Washington, D.C. Portland, OR 97214 Philadelphia, PA 19106 New Orleans, LA 70115
94123 29401 20036 503-546-8796 215-625-8800 504-899-7397
415-771-2216 843-577-0025 202-332-9200
CATEGORY: BEST NEW RESTAURANT
PRESENTED BY LEXUS
A RESTAURANT OPENED IN 2008 THAT ALREADY DISPLAYS EXCELLENCE IN FOOD, BEVERAGE, AND SERVICE AND IS LIKELY TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE INDUSTRY
IN YEARS TO COME.
The Bazaar by José Andrés Corton L2O Momofuku Ko Scarpetta
at SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills Owner: Drew Owner: Richard Melman Chefs/Owners: David Chang Chef/Owner:
Chef/Partner: Jose Andres Nieporent Chef: Laurent Gras and Peter Serpico Scott Conant
Owners: SBE and Sam Nazarian Chef/Partner: Paul 2300 N. Lincoln Park West 163 1st Ave. 355 W. 14th St.
465 South La Cienega Blvd. Liebrandt Chicago, IL 60614 New York, NY 10003 New York, NY 10011
Los Angeles, CA 90048 239 W. Broadway 773-868-0002 http://momofuku.com/ko/ 212-691-0555
310-247-0400 New York, NY 10013
212-219-2777
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING PASTRY CHEF AWARD
PRESENTED BY ALL-CLAD METALCRAFTERS
A CHEF OR BAKER WHO PREPARES DESSERTS, PASTRIES, OR BREADS AND WHO SERVES AS A NATIONAL STANDARD-BEARER FOR EXCELLENCE.
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN PASTRY CHEFS OR BAKERS FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 5 YEARS.
Gina DePalma Kamel Guechida Pichet Ong Nicole Plue Mindy Segal
Babbo Joël Robuchon at MGM P*ong Redd Mindy’s HotChocolate
110 Waverly Place Grand Hotel & Casino 150 West 10th St. 6480 Washington St. 1747 N. Damen Ave.
New York, NY 10011 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. New York, NY 10014 Yountville, CA 94599 Chicago, IL 60647
212-777-0303 South 212-929-0898 707-944-2222 773-489-1747
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-891-1111
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING WINE SERVICE AWARD
A RESTAURANT THAT DISPLAYS AND ENCOURAGES EXCELLENCE IN WINE SERVICE THROUGH A WELL-PRESENTED WINE LIST, A KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF, AND EFFORTS TO
EDUCATE CUSTOMERS ABOUT WINE. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS.
Bin 36 Blackberry Farm Le Bernardin Patina Picasso at Bellagio
Wine Director: Wine Director: Wine Director: Wine Director: Wine Director:
Brian Duncan Andy Chabot Aldo Sohm Eric Espuny Robert Smith
339 N. Dearborn St. 1471 West Millers Cove 155 W. 51st St. 141 South Grand Ave. 3600 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Chicago, IL 60654 Road New York, NY 10019 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Las Vegas, NV 89109
312-755-9463 Walland, TN 37886 212-554-1515 213-972-3331 702-693-8105
865-380-2260
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING WINE AND SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL AWARD
PRESENTED BY SOUTHERN WINE & SPIRITS
A WINEMAKER, BREWER, OR SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE WINE AND SPIRITS INDUSTRY NATIONWIDE.
CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE PROFESSION FOR AT LEAST 5 YEARS.
Dale DeGroff Merry Edwards Garrett Oliver John Shafer and Doug Julian P. Van Winkle, III
Dale DeGroff Co., Merry Edwards Wines The Brooklyn Brewery Shafer Old Rip Van Winkle
New York, NY 2959 Gravenstein Hwy N 1 Brewers Row Shafer Vineyards Distillery
516-565-4981 Sebastopol, CA 95472 79 N. 11th St. 6154 Silverado Trail 2843 Brownsboro Road
707-823-7466 Brooklyn, NY 11211 Napa, CA 94558 Louisville, KY 40206
718-486-7422 707-944-2877 502-897-9113
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
PRESENTED BY STELLA ARTOIS
A RESTAURANT THAT DEMONSTRATES HIGH STANDARDS OF HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE. CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 5 YEARS.
Daniel Emeril’s New Orleans La Grenouille Spiaggia Vetri
Owner: Daniel Boulud Owner: Emeril Lagasse Owners: Charles Masson, Owner: Larry Levy Owners: Marc Vetri, Jeff
60 E. 65th St. 800 Tchoupitoulas St. Gisèle Masson 980 N Michigan Ave. Benjamin
New York, NY 10065 New Orleans, LA 70130 3 E 52nd St. Chicago, IL 60611 1312 Spruce St.
212-288-0033 504-528-9393 New York, NY 10022 312-280-2750 Philadelphia, PA 19107
212-752-1495 215-732-3478
BEST CHEFS IN AMERICA
PRESENTED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS®
CHEFS WHO HAVE SET NEW OR CONSISTENT STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS. EACH CANDIDATE MAY BE EMPLOYED BY ANY KIND OF DINING
ESTABLISHMENT AND MUST HAVE BEEN A WORKING CHEF FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 5 YEARS. THE 3 MOST RECENT YEARS MUST HAVE BEEN SPENT IN THE REGION WHERE THE
CHEF IS PRESENTLY WORKING.
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: PACIFIC (CA, HI)
Jeremy Fox Douglas Keane Loretta Keller David Kinch Daniel Patterson
Ubuntu Cyrus Coco500 Manresa Coi
1140 Main St. 29 North St. 500 Brannan St. 320 Village Lane 373 Broadway
Napa, CA 94559 Healdsburg, CA 95448 San Francisco, CA 94107 Los Gatos, CA 95030 San Francisco, CA
707-251-5656 707-433-3311 415-543-2222 408-354-4330 94133
415-393-9000
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: MID-ATLANTIC (D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
Cathal Armstrong Jose Garces Peter Pastan Maricel Presilla Vikram Sunderam
Restaurant Eve Amada Obelisk Cucharamama Rasika
110 South Pitt St. 217-219 Chestnut St. 2029 P St., NW 233 Clinton St. 633 D St., NW
Alexandria, VA 22314 Philadelphia, PA 19106 Washington, D.C. 20036 Hoboken, NJ 07030 Washington, D.C. 20004
703-706-0450 215- 625-2450 202-872-1180 201-420-1700 202-637-1222
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: MIDWEST (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)
Isaac Becker Gerard Craft Colby Garrelts Tim McKee Alexander Roberts
112 Eatery Niche Bluestem La Belle Vie Restaurant Alma
112 N 3rd St. 1831 Sidney St. 900 Westport Road 510 Groveland Ave. 528 University Ave. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55401 St. Louis, MO 63104 Kansas City, MO 64111 Minneapolis, MN 55403 Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-343-7696 314-773-7755 816-561-1101 612-874-6440 612-379-4909
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: GREAT LAKES (IL, IN, MI, OH)
Koren Grieveson Arun Sampanthavivat Bruce Sherman Michael Symon Alex Young
Avec Arun’s North Pond Lola Zingerman's Roadhouse
615 W. Randolph St. 4156 N. Kedzie Ave. 2610 N. Cannon Drive 2058 E. 4th St. 2501 Jackson Ave.
Chicago, IL 60606 Chicago, IL 60618 Chicago , IL 60614 Cleveland, OH 44115 Ann Arbor, MI 48103
312-377-2002 773-539-1909 773- 477-5845 216-621-5652 734-663-3663
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: NEW YORK CITY (FIVE BOROUGHS)
Michael Anthony Terrance Brennan Wylie Dufresne Gabrielle Hamilton Gabriel Kreuther
Gramercy Tavern Picholine WD-50 Prune The Modern
42 E 20th St. 35 West 64th St. 50 Clinton St. 54 E. 1st St. 9 West 53rd St.
New York, NY 10003 New York, NY 10023 New York, NY 10002 New York, NY 10003 New York, NY 10019
212-477-0777 212-724-8585 212-477-2900 212-677-6221 212-333-1220
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: NORTHEAST (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY STATE, RI, VT)
Rob Evans Clark Frasier and Michael Leviton Tony Maws Marc Orfaly
Hugo's Mark Gaier Lumière Craigie on Main Pigalle
88 Middle St. Arrows 1293 Washington St. 853 Main St. 75 Charles St. South
Portland, ME 04101 Berwick Road, Box 803 West Newton, MA 02465 Cambridge, MA 02139 Boston, MA 02116
207- 774-8538 Ogunquit, ME 03907 617-244-9199 617-497-5511 617-423-4944
207-361-1100
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: NORTHWEST (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)
Maria Hines Joseba Jiménez de Ethan Stowell Cathy Whims Jason Wilson
Tilth Jiménez Union Nostrana Crush
1411 N 45th St. The Harvest Vine 1400 1st Ave. 1401 SE Morrison St. 2319 E Madison St.
Seattle, WA 98103 2701 East Madison St. Seattle, WA 98101 Portland, OR 97214 Seattle, WA 98112
206-633-0801 Seattle, WA 98112 206-838-8000 503-234-2427 206-302-7874
206-320-9771
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: SOUTHEAST (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)
Hugh Acheson Linton Hopkins Mike Lata Bill Smith Bob Waggoner
Five and Ten Restaurant Eugene Fig Crook’s Corner Charleston Grill
1653 S. Lumpkin St. 2277 Peachtree Road 232 Meeting St. 610 West Franklin St. 224 King St.
Athens, GA 30606 Atlanta, GA 30309 Charleston, SC 29401 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 Charleston, SC 29401
706-546-7300 404-355-0321 843-805-5900 919-929-7643 843-577-4522
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: SOUTHWEST (AZ, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)
Paul Bartolotta Sharon Hage Ryan Hardy Claude Le Tohic Andrew Weissman
Bartolotta Ristorante di York Street Montagna at Joël Robuchon at MGM Le Rêve
Mare at Wynn Las Vegas 6047 Lewis St. the Little Nell Grand Hotel & Casino 152 E. Pecan St.
3131 Las Vegas Blvd. S. Dallas, TX 75206 675 East Durant Ave. 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S. San Antonio, TX 78205
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