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The Winners of the 2006 James Beard Foundation
Awards
The 2006 James Beard Foundation Awards
Ceremony and Reception was held on May 8 in New York City
at the Marriot Marquis. This year there were a total of 62
Award categories for restaurants and chefs, cookbooks, broadcasting,
print journalism, and restaurant design. As part of its mission
to celebrate, preserve, and nurture America’s culinary
heritage and diversity, the James Beard Foundation celebrated
the culinary legacy of New Orleans. New Orleans
native Cokie Roberts, political commentator,
ABC News, and senior news analyst, National Public Radio,
served as master of ceremonies. Guest presenters from New
Orleans included Scott Boswell, chef of Restaurant
Stella, Ella Brennan, Lalli Brennan,
and Ti Adelaide Martin of Commander’s
Palace, Willie Mae Seaton of Willie Mae’s
Scotch House, and quarterback Eli Manning of the New York
Giants (a native of New Orleans).
AWARD WINNERS
2006 James Beard Foundation
Restaurant and Chef Awards
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR
AWARD PRESENTED BY WATERFORD WEDGWOOD A WORKING
RESTAURATEUR, ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS IN
THE UNITED STATES, WHO HAS SET UNIFORMLY HIGH NATIONAL STANDARDS
AS A CREATIVE FORCE IN THE KITCHEN AND/OR IN RESTAURANT OPERATIONS.
MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST TEN
YEARS.
Daniel Boulud The Dinex Group; 60 East
65th Street New York, NY 10021 212-288-0033
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING CHEF AWARD PRESENTED
BY ALL-CLAD COOKWARE THE WORKING CHEF IN AMERICA
WHOSE CAREER HAS SET NATIONAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND WHO HAS
SERVED AS AN INSPIRATION TO OTHER FOOD PROFESSIONALS. MUST
HAVE BEEN A WORKING CHEF FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
Alfred Portale Gotham Bar & Grill;
12 East 12th Street New York, NY 10003 212-620-4020
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT
AWARD PRESENTED BY S.PELLEGRINO THE RESTAURANT
IN THE U.S. THAT SERVES AS A NATIONAL STANDARD BEARER OF CONSISTENCY
OF QUALITY AND EXCELLENCE IN FOOD, ATMOSPHERE AND SERVICE.
RESTAURANT MUST HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS.
The French Laundry Chef/Owner: Thomas Keller;
6640 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599 707-944-2380
CATEGORY: BEST NEW RESTAURANT
A RESTAURANT OPENED IN 2005 THAT ALREADY DISPLAYS EXCELLENCE
IN FOOD, BEVERAGE AND SERVICE, AND IS LIKELY TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT IN YEARS TO COME.
The Modern Owner: Danny Meyer Chef: Gabriel
Kreuther; 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019 212-333-1220
CATEGORY: RISING STAR CHEF
OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY GALLO FAMILY VINEYARDS
A CHEF, AGE 30 OR YOUNGER, WHO DISPLAYS AN IMPRESSIVE TALENT,
AND WHO IS LIKELY TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRY IMPACT IN
YEARS TO COME.
Corey Lee The French Laundry 6640 Washington
Street Yountville, CA 94599 707-944-2380
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING PASTRY
CHEF AWARD PRESENTED BY ALL-CLAD BAKEWARE
A CHEF OR BAKER WHO PREPARES DESSERTS, PASTRIES OR BREADS,
WHO SERVES AS A NATIONAL STANDARD BEARER OF EXCELLENCE. MUST
HAVE BEEN A PASTRY CHEF OR BAKER FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
Johnny Iuzzini Jean Georges; 1 Central
Park West New York, NY 10019 212-299-3900
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING WINE
SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED BY WATERFORD A RESTAURANT
THAT DISPLAYS AND ENCOURAGES EXCELLENCE IN WINE SERVICE THROUGH
A WELL-PRESENTED WINE LIST, KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF AND EFFORTS
TO EDUCATE CUSTOMERS ABOUT WINE. RESTAURANT MUST HAVE BEEN
IN OPERATION AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
Aureole, Las Vegas Wine Director: William
Sherer; 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas, NV 89119 702-632-7401
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING WINE
AND SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL AWARD PRESENTED BY SOUTHERN WINE
& SPIRITS OF AMERICA, INC. A WINEMAKER,
BREWER OR SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT
NATIONAL IMPACT IN THE WINE AND SPIRITS INDUSTRY. MUST HAVE
BEEN IN PROFESSION AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.
Daniel Johnnes Daniel 60 East 65th Street
New York, NY 10021 212-288-0033
CATEGORY: OUTSTANDING SERVICE
AWARD A RESTAURANT THAT DEMONSTRATES HIGH
STANDARDS OF HOSPITALITY AND SERVICE. MUST HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION
FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
Gary Danko Chef/Owner: Gary Danko; 800 North
Point San Francisco, CA 94109 415-749-2060
BEST CHEFS IN AMERICA PRESENTED
BY AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY CHEFS WHO HAVE
SET NEW OR CONSISTENT STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE
REGIONS. CHEFS MAY BE FROM ANY KIND OF DINING ESTABLISHMENT
AND MUST HAVE BEEN A WORKING CHEF FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THE THREE MOST RECENT YEARS MUST HAVE BEEN SPENT IN THE REGION
WHERE CHEF IS PRESENTLY WORKING.
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: CALIFORNIA
Suzanne Goin Lucques 8474 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90069 323-655-6277
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: MID-ATLANTIC
Fabio Trabocchi Maestro at The Ritz-Carlton,
Tyson’s Corner 1700 Tyson’s Blvd. McLean, VA 22102
703-821-1515
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: MIDWEST
Shawn McClain Spring 2039 West North Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647 773-395-7100
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: NEW
YORK CITY
Dan Barber Blue Hill 75 Washington Place
New York, NY 10011 212-539-1776
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: NORTHEAST
Jean-Louis Gerin Jean-Louis 61 Lewis Street
Greenwich, CT 06830 203-622-8450
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: NORTHWEST/HAWAII
Scott Carsberg Lampreia 2400 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121 206-443-3301
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: SOUTHEAST
John Besh Restaurant August 301 Tchoupitoulas
Street New Orleans, LA 70130 504-299-9777
CATEGORY: BEST CHEF: SOUTHWEST
Bradford Thompson Mary Elaine’s at
The Phoenician 6000 E. Camelback Rd. Scottsdale, AZ 85251
480-941-8200
2006 James Beard Foundation
Book Awards presented by KitchenAid
For cookbooks published in
2005. Winners announced on May 8, 2006.
WINNERS
Category: Baking and Desserts
Dough: Simple Contemporary Bread Author:
Richard Bertinet; Publisher: Kyle Books Editor: Sophie Allen
Price: $29.95
Category: Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Sunday Suppers at Lucques Author: Suzanne
Goin; Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Editor: Paul Bogaards Price:
$35.00
Category: Entertaining and
Special Occasions
Simple Soirées: Seasonal Menus for Sensational
Dinner Parties Author: Peggy Knickerbocker; Publisher:
Stewart, Tabori & Chang Editor: Leslie Stoker Price: $35.00
Category: Food of the Americas
The New American Cooking Author: Joan Nathan;
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Editor: Judith Jones Price: $35.00
Category: General
The Cook’s Book Author: Jill Norman;
Publisher: DK Publishing Editor: Jennifer Williams Price:
$50.00
Category: Healthy Focus
Spices of Life: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Great
Health Author: Nina Simonds; Publisher: Alfred A.
Knopf Editor: Judith Jones Price: $35.00
Category: International
Molto Italiano Author: Mario Batali;Publisher:
HarperCollins/Ecco Editor: Daniel Halpern Price: $34.95
Category: Reference
Cheese: A Connoisseur’s Guide to the World’s
Best Authors: Max McCalman and David Gibbons; Publisher:
Clarkson Potter Editor: Rica Allannic Price: $32.50
Category: Single Subject
Bones: Recipes, History & Lore Author:
Jennifer McLagan; Publisher: HarperCollins/Morrow Cookbooks
Editor: Harriet Bell Price: $34.95
Category: Wine and Spirits
Whiskey Author: Michael Jackson; Publisher:
DK Publishing Editor: Jennifer Williams Price: $40.00
Category: Writings on Food
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Authors:
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio; Publisher: Ten Speed
Press Editor: Julie Bennett Price: $40.00
Category: Photography Mangoes
& Curry Leaves: Culinary Travels Through The Great
Nobu Now Photographer: Eiichi Takahashi;
Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers Editor: Aliza Fogelson
Price: $45.00
CATEGORY: COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
Hungry Planet: What the World Eats Authors:
Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio; Publisher: Ten Speed
Press Editor: Julie Bennett Price: $40.00
CATEGORY: COOKBOOK HALL OF
FAME
An Invitation to Indian Cooking Author: Madhur
Jaffrrey; Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; Editor: Judith Jones;
Price: $27.00
WINNERS
2006 James Beard Foundation
Journalism Awards
For articles published in 2005. Winners announced on May 7,
2006.
Category: Newspaper Feature
Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs With or Without Recipes
Brett Anderson The Times-Picayune “The
Natural” 6/12/05
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes
Carolynn Carreño Los Angeles Times
“Cubism Makes a Comeback: In An Era of Slow Food You’d
Be Surprised Who’s Plopping Bouillon Cubes in Coq Au
Vin, Chiles Rellenos or Even Sheep’s Milk Ricotta Ravioli
” 1/19/05
Category: Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes
Kristen Hinman Riverfront Times (St.
Louis) “Something Fishy” 3/16/05
Category: Newspaper Restaurant
Review or Critique
Jonathan Gold LA Weekly “Great
Balls O’ Rice”, “Raw Power”, “The
Revolutionary” 7/15/05, 7/1/05, 3/18/05
Category: Newspaper or Magazine Reporting on Nutrition
or Food-Related Consumer Issues
Jonathan Kauffman East Bay Express (San
Francisco) “Endangered Species” 11/30/05
Category: Newspaper or Magazine
Columns
Pete Wells Food & Wine Always
Hungry: “Four Star Baby Food”, “Can a Restaurant
be Cloned?”, “Is Lard Health Food?” 6/05,
11/05, 12/05
Category: Newspaper Writing
on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
Dara Moskowitz City Pages (Minneapolis)
“Wine & Dine 2005: The World in a Bottle: New
Tastes From the Old World” 10/12/05
Category: Internet Writing on Food, Restaurant, Beverage,
or Nutrition
Sara Dickerman Slate Magazine “Down
with Gloves: Why Chefs Shouldn’t Have to Wear Them”
9/28/05
Category: Magazine Feature
Writing With Recipes
Dorie Greenspan Bon Appétit
“When French Women Bake…” 02/05
Category: Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes
Patricia Sharpe Texas Monthly “Confessions
of a Skinny Bitch” 3/05
Category: Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique
Patric Kuh Los Angeles Magazine “In
the Raw”, “Steak Out”, “Seaworld”
9/05, 10/05, 11/05
Category: Magazine Writing
on Spirits, Wine, or Beer
Pete Wells Food & Wine “A
Cocktail Purist” 5/05
Category: Internet Website for Food (New Award Category)
leitesculinaria.com David Leite
Category: Newspaper Section with circulation under
300,000
The Denver Post Kristen Browning-Blas
Category: Newspaper Section with circulation 300,000 and above
San Francisco Chronicle Miriam Morgan
and Linda Murphy
Category: MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
Jay McInerney Departures “Will
Alain Ducasse Take Over the World?” 7-8/05
WINNERS 2006 James Beard
Foundation Broadcast Media Awards presented by Viking Range
Corporation
For television and radio programs aired in 2005. Winners announced
on May 8, 2006.
Category: Television Food
Segment, National or Local
ABC 7 News at 11:00 (a.m.) Host: Steve Dolinsky
Network: WLS-TV (ABC), Chicago, N.W. Indiana, S.W. Michigan,
S.E. Wisconsin Producer: Badriyyah Waheed
Category: Television Food Special
Chefs A’ Field: Featuring Four Chefs Network:
PBS (American Public Television) Producers: Heidi Hanson and
Chris Warner
Category: Television Food
Show, Local
Bay Cafe Host: Joey Altman Network: KRON
(San Francisco Bay Area) Producers: Joey Altman and Christa
Resing
Category: Television Food
Show, National
How to Cook Everything Host: Mark Bittman
Network: PBS (American Public Television) Producer: Charles
Pinsky
Category: Radio Food Show
The Leonard Lopate Show Host: Leonard Lopate
Area: WNYC (National, XM Satellite) Producer: Melissa Waldron-Lehner
Category: Webcast (New Award Category)
Spatulatta.com Hosts: Isabella Gerasole and
Olivia Gerasole Website: www.spatulatta.com Producer: Gaylon
Emerzian
NOMINEES
2006 James Beard Foundation
Design and Graphics Awards
Winners announced on May 8, 2006.
Category: Outstanding Restaurant
Design For the best restaurant design or renovation
in North America since January 1, 2003
Design Firm: Bentel & Bentel Architects/Planners
LLP Designers: Paul Bentel, Peter Bentel, Susan Nagle,
Carol Bentel; 22 Buckram Road Locust Valley, NY 11560 516-676-2880;
Project: The Modern 9 West 53rd Street New
York, NY 10019 212-228-3585
Category: Outstanding Restaurant
Graphics For the best restaurant graphics
executed in North America since January 1, 2003
Design Firm: Mucca Design Corporation Designers:
Matteo Bologna and Andrea Brown; 568 Broadway #504 New York,
NY 10012 212-965-9821; Project: Sant Ambroeus
1000 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10021 212-570-2211
Category: America’s
Classics
Barney Greengrass
Owner: Gary Greengrass
541 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10024
212-724-4707
Bowens Island Restaurant
Owner: Robert A. Barber, Jr.
1870 Bowens Island Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
843-795-2757
Hamura’s Saimin Stand
Owner: Lori Tanigawa
2956 Kress Street
Lihue, Kauai, HI 96766
808-245-3271
John’s Roast Pork
Owner: The Bucci Family
14 Snyder Avenue and Weccacoe Street
Philadelphia, PA 19148
215-463-1951
Lagomarcino’s
Owners: The Lagomarcino Family
1422 5th Ave.
Moline, IL 61265
309-764-1814
Louie Mueller BBQ
Owners: Bobby and Trish Mueller
206 West Second
Taylor, TX 76574
512-352-6206
Polly’s Pancake Parlor
Kathie and Dennis Cote
672 Route 117
Sugar Hill, NH 03586
603-823-5575
Taylor’s Automatic Refresher
Owners: Duncan Gott, Joel Gott
933 Main St.
St. Helena, CA 94574
707-963-3486
Category: Lifetime Achievement
Award
Judith Jones
Senior Editor and Vice President
Alfred A. Knopf
Category: Humanitarian of
the Year
The restaurants of New Orleans for their heroic resilience,
their generosity toward relief workers and the support of
their community in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Who’s
Who of Food & Beverage in America
The Who’s Who of Food and Beverage is
presented to culinary professionals who have made significant
and lasting achievements and contributions to the food and
beverage industry for ten or more years.
Sue Conley and Peggy Smith
Co-Founders
Cowgirl Creamery
Point Reyes Station, CA
Jean Joho
Chef and Proprietor
Everest, Chicago
Gray Kunz
Founding Chef
Café Gray, NYC
Kermit Lynch
Founder and Owner
Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
Berkeley, CA
Ari Weinzweig
Co-Founder
Zingerman's Deli
Ann Arbor, MI
Established in 1990, the James Beard Foundation Awards recognize
cookbook authors, restaurants, chefs, food and beverage journalists,
broadcasters, and restaurant and graphic designers. To select
the nominees and winners, independent volunteer panels of
more than 600 food and beverage professionals from around
the country vote on specific Award categories. The accounting
firm Lutz & Carr tabulates ballots. Winners' identities
remain confidential until the Awards ceremonies. Winners receive
a bronze medallion engraved with the image of James Beard.
Membership in, service to, and fundraising for the James Beard
Foundation are neither requirements for nor in any way relevant
to Awards consideration or nomination. The trustees and staff
of the James Beard Foundation do not vote.
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