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The Nominees for the 2007 James Beard Foundation
Awards
March 2007
NOMINEES
2007 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
For cookbooks published in
2006
Winners will be announced May 7, 2007
| Category:
Asian Cooking |
Cradle of Flavor
Author: James Oseland
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Editor: Maria Guarnaschelli
Price $35.00
|
Into the Vietnamese Kitchen: Treasured
Foodways, Modern Flavors
Author: Andrea Nguyen
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Editor: Aaron Wehner
Price: $35.00
|
The Sushi Experience
Author: Hiroko Shimbo
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Editor: Judith Jones
Price: $40.00 |
| Category:
Baking and Dessert |
Baking: From My Home to Yours
Author: Dorie Greenspan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Editor: Rux Martin
Price: $40.00 |
Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters
Authors: Marilynn Brass and Sheila Brass
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Editors: Judy Pray
Price: $29.95 |
King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking
Authors: The Bakers at King Arthur Flour
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Editors: Kermit Hummel
Price: $35.00 |
| Category:
Cooking from a Professional Point of View |
Alain Ducasse’s Desserts and Pastries
Author: Frederic Robert
Publisher: Les Editions D’Alain Ducasse
Editor: Stephanie Ruyer
Price: $195.00 |
Happy in the Kitchen
Authors: Michel Richard with Susie Heller and Peter Kaminsky
Publisher: Artisan
Editor: Ann Bramson
Price: $45.00 |
The Professional Chef, 8th Edition
Author: The Culinary Institute of America
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Editors: Pam Chirls
Price: $70.00 |
| Category:
Entertaining |
The Big Book of Appetizers
Authors: Meredith Deeds and Carla Snyder
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Editor: Bill LeBlond
Price: $19.95 |
The Big Book of Outdoor Cooking and Entertaining
Author: Cheryl Alters Jamison
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Editor: Harriet Bell
Price: $24.95 |
Opera Lover’s Cookbook
Author: Francine Segan
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Editor: Leslie Stoker
Price: $35.00 |
| Category:
Food of the Americas |
Dishes from the Wild Horse Desert: Norteño
Cooking of South Texas
Author: Melissa Guerra
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Editor: Anne Ficklen
Price: $29.95 |
Kathy Casey’s Northwest Table
Author: Kathy Casey
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Editor: Bill LeBlond
Price: $35.00 |
The Lee Bros. Southern Cookbook
Authors: Matt Lee and Ted Lee
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Editor: Maria Guarnaschelli
Price: $35.00 |
| Category:
General |
The Family Kitchen
Author: Debra Ponzek
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Editor: Rica Allannic
Price: $25.00 |
The Improvisational Cookbook
Author: Sally Schneider
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Editor: Harriett Bell
Price: $34.95 |
Tasty:
Get Great Food on the Table Everyday
Author: Roy Finamore
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Editor: Rux Martin
Price: $30.00 |
| Category:
Healthy Focus |
The Diabetes Menu Cookbook: Delicious Special-Occasion
Recipes for Family and Friends
Authors: Barbara Scott-Goodman and Kalia Doner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Editor: Justin Schwartz
Price: $29.95
|
EatingWell Serves Two
Author: Jim Romanoff
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Editor: Kermit Hummel
Price: $24.95 |
Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way
Author: Lorna Sass
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Editor: Rica Allannic
Price: $44.00 |
| Category:
International |
Arabesque
Author: Claudia Roden
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Editor: Judith Jones
Price: $35.00
|
The Soul of a New Cuisine
Author: Marcus Samuelsson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Editor: Pam Chirls
Price: $40.00 |
Spice
Author: Ana Sortun
Publisher: Regan Books/HarperCollins Publishers
Editor: Cassie Jones
Price: $34.95 |
| Category:
Reference |
Culinary Biographies:
A Dictionary of the World’s Great Historic Chefs,
Cookbook Authors and Collectors, Farmers, Gourmets, Home
Economists, Nutritionists, Restaurateurs, Philosophers,
Physicians, Scientists, Writers, and Others Who Influenced
the Way We Eat Today
Editor: Alice Arndt
Publisher: Yes Press, Inc.
Price: $48
|
The Organic Cook’s Bible
Author: Jeff Cox
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Editor: Linda Ingroia
Price: $40.00 |
What to Eat
Author: Marion Nestle
Publisher: North Point/Farras, Straus and Giroux
Editor: Paul Elie
Price: $30.00 |
| Category:
Single Subject |
Braise
Author: Daniel Boulud
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Editor: Emily Takoudes
Price: $32.50
|
The Essence of Chocolate
Authors: John Scharffenberger and
Robert Steinberg
Publisher: Hyperion Books
Editor: Leslie Wells
Price: 35.00 |
Vegetable Soups from
Deborah Madison’s Kitchen
Author: Deborah Madison
Publisher: Broadway Books
Editor: Jennifer Josephy
Price: $19.95 |
| Category:
Wine and Spirits |
Keys to the Cellar: Strategies and Secrets of
Wine Collecting
Author: Peter D. Meltzer
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Editor: Linda Ingroia
Price: $29.95 |
Romancing the Vine
Author: Alan Tardi
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Editor: Elizabeth Beier
Price: $25.95 |
The Wines of France:
The Essential Guide for Savvy Shoppers
Author: Jacqueline Friedrich
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Editor: Meghan Keefe
Price: $19.95 |
| Category:
Writing on Food |
Heat
Author: Bill Buford
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Editor: Sonny Mehta
Price: $25.95 |
The Omnivore’s Dilemma
Author: Michael Pollan
Publisher: The Penguin Press
Editor: Ann Godoff
Price: $26.95 |
The United States of Arugula: How We Became
a Gourmet Nation
Author: David Kamp
Publisher: Broadway Books
Editor: Charlie Conrad
Price: $26.00 |
| Category:
Photography |
Kaiseki: The Exquisite Cuisine of Kyoto’s
Kikanoi Restaurant
Photographer: Masashi Kuma
Publisher: Kodansha International
Editor: Greg Starr
Price: $45.00 |
Michael Mina
Photographer: Karl Petzke
Publisher: Bulfinch Press/
Little, Brown and Company
Editor: Michael Sand
Price: $50.00 |
Tartine
Photographer: France Ruffenach
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Editor: Bill LeBlond
Price: $35.00 |
| Category:
COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR |
| WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MAY 7, 2007 |
NOMINEES
2007 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
For cookbooks published in
2006
Winners will be announced May 6, 2007
| Category:
Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
With or Without Recipes |
Kate McLaughlin
The Wall Street Journal
“Gourmet Canned Cuisine”
12/2/06 |
Besha Rodell
Creative Loafing Atlanta
“2006 Food Issue–From
the Farm to Your Table”
10/12/06 |
Barbara Yost
The Arizona Republic
“Bringing a Restaurant
to Life”
10/29/06 |
| Category:
Newspaper Feature Writing With Recipes |
Stacy Finz
San Francisco Chronicle
“Thanksgiving 101; Turkey
Training Camp”
11/15/06 |
Janet Fletcher
San Francisco Chronicle
“Bringing Duck Home”
10/25/06 |
John Kessler
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“What Does Chinese
Take-Out Have in Common with Tomatoes, Pizza, Parmesan
and Also Sushi? - Umami”
6/22/06 |
| Category:
Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes |
Elaine Cicora
Cleveland Scene
“Soul Kitchen”
2/1/06 |
Gail Shepherd
New Times Broward/Palm Beach
“Eat My Meat”
10/26/06 |
Inara Verzemnieks
The Oregonian
“A Cherry on Top”
2/12/06 |
| Category:
Newspaper or Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique |
Rebekah Denn
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Heads Up on Lovely
Veil: Not One of the Best Yet”, ”We Went Trolling
for the City’s Best Crab Cakes”, “Tiny
Sitka and Spruce Makes a Big Splash”
2/10/06, 5/12/06, 5/26/06
|
Brad A. Johnson
Angeleno – Modern Luxury
Food Drink Review:
“Wilshire”, “Cut”,
“Katsuya”,
1/06, 9/06, 10/06 |
Patric Kuh
Los Angeles Magazine
“Beyond Sushi”, “Small
Order”, “Beefed Up”
3/06, 9/06, 11/06 |
| Category:
Newspaper, Newsletter or Magazine Reporting on Nutrition
or Food-Related Consumer Issues |
Rachael Moeller Gorman
EatingWell Magazine
“Miracle Up North: How the
People of Finland Took a Healthy Message to Heart”
6-7/06 |
Nicci Micco
EatingWell Magazine
“These Supplements May Save
Your Life… Or Not”
12/06 |
Colleen Pierce, R.D.
Child Magazine
“Solving the Sugar Crisis”
6-7/06 |
| Category:
Newspaper, Newsletter or Magazine Columns |
John T. Edge
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“The Pit and
the Pendulum”, “Roadside Renaissance”,
“Where Coconut Cake Meets Sweet Tea Pie”
4/27/06, 7/20/06, 11/9/06
|
Dara Moskowitz
City Pages, Minneapolis
“Take the Cannoli”,
“The Importance of Burgers”, “Weirded
Out By Wine”’
4/12/06, 5/17/06, 10/18/06 |
Lettie Teague
Food & Wine
“Are the Wine Lists at Steak
Houses Any Good”, “Secret Life of a Wine Salesman”,
“Are Super-Tuscans Still Super?”
7/06, 10/06, 12/06 |
| Category:
Newspaper Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer |
Adam Cayton-Holland
Westword, Denver
“Life of the Party”
12/21/06
|
Eric Felten
The Wall Street Journal
“He Drinks, She Drinks”
10/21/06 |
Dara Moskowitz
City Pages, Minneapolis
“Asked and Answered”
11/08/06 |
| Category:
Magazine Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs
With or Without Recipes |
R.W. Apple (deceased)
Departures
A Taste of South Africa
5-6/06
|
James Villas
Saveur
“Vive le Restaurant”
4/06 |
Pete Wells
Food & Wine
“New Era of the Recipe Burglar”
11/06 |
| Category:
Magazine Feature Writing With Recipes |
Colman Andrews
Saveur
“Ireland - From Farm to Fork”
3/06
|
Nancy Coons
Saveur
“Provence Noel”
12/06 |
Anya von Bremzen
Saveur
“Old-School Madrid”
11/06 |
| Category:
Magazine Feature Writing Without Recipes |
Robert Sietsema
Gourmet
“Searching for the Innard Truth”
8/06
|
Scott Simon
Gourmet
“Conflict Cuisine”
4/06 |
Gretchen Vanesselstyn
Chile Pepper Magazine
“Tales from the Texas
BBQ Trail”
6/06 |
| Category:
Magazine Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer |
John T. Edge
Gourmet
“The Long View”
2/06 |
Michael Greenberg
Departures
“The Volcano Lovers”
5-6/06 |
Fiona Morrison, MW
Wine & Spirits Magazine
“Chambolle-Musigny”
10/06 |
| Category:
Newspaper Section |
The Boston Globe
Sheryl Julian |
Chicago Tribune
Carol Mighton Haddix |
San Francisco Chronicle
Miriam Morgan and Jon Bonne |
| Category: Website
Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant or Nutrition |
Dr. Vino’s Wine Blog
Tyler Colman |
Epicurious
Tanya Steel |
Leite’s Culinaria
David Leite and Linda Avery |
| Category: Multi-Media
Writing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant or Nutrition |
William H. Daley
Chicago Tribune
“Winter’s Kiss”
12/6/06 |
Edward Deitch
MSNBC.com/NBC Mobile
“On the Trail of Great
Californian Syrah”
12/6/06 |
Monica Eng with Chris Brown and Geng Wang
Chicago Tribune
“Mastering Ethiopia’s
Injera”
3/16/06 |
| Category: MFK
Fisher Distinguished Writing Award |
David Halberstam
Gourmet
“The Boys of Saigon”
10/06 |
Jesse Katz
Los Angeles Magazine
“Wheels of Fortune”
10/06 |
Monique Truong
Gourmet
“American Like Me”
8/06 |
NOMINEES
2007 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards
For television, webcasting
and radio programs aired in 2006
Winners will be announced on May 6, 2007
| Category:
Television Food Segment, National or Local |
CBS 2 Chicago
Host: Vince Gerasole
Network: WBBM-TV, CBS
Producer:
Vince Gerasole |
CBS News “Sunday Morning”
Host: Charles Osgood
Correspondent: Martha A. Teichner
Network: CBS
Producers:
Judith Hole, Catherine Kim, Remington Korper, Robin Skeete,
Jason Schmidt
|
The Martha Stewart Show
Host: Martha Stewart
Network:
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution
Executive Producers:
Martha Stewart, Mark Burnett
Producers: Greta Anthony, Stephanie Carl |
| Category:
Television Food Special |
Check, Please! Bay Area
Host: Leslie Sbrocco
Network: KQED, Channel 9,
Air date: 12/21/06
Producers:
Tina Salter, June Ouellette, Carol Ganga
|
Food Trip with Todd English
Host: Todd English
Network: PBS Nationwide
Air date: 10/06
Producers:
Laurie Donnelly, Hillary Finkel, Eric Taylor, Deborah
Hurley
|
Living on the Wedge
Host: Mariana Coyne
Network: WHA-Madison
Air date: 8/10/06
Producers:
Mariana Coyne, Gaylon Emerzian |
| Category: Television
Food Show, Local |
Bay Cafe
Host: Joey Altman
Network: KRON-TV San Francisco
Air date: 12/17/06
Producer: Christa Resing
|
Check, Please! Bay Area
Host: Leslie Sbrocco
Network: KQED Public Television
Air date: 3/23/06
Producer: Tina Salter
|
In Wine Country
Host: Mary Babbitt
Network: NBC 11/KNTV
Air date: 12/16/06
Executive Producer: Mary Orlin |
| Category:
Television Food Show, National |
America’s Test Kitchen from Cooks Illustrated
Host: Christopher Kimball with guests
Network: PBS
Air date: 1/06
Producers: Geof Drummond, Nat Katzman
|
Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie
Host: Ruth Reichl
Network: PBS
Air date: 10/06
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Lydia Tenaglia, Chris Collins,
Giulio Capuca, Robert Cuman
|
Lidia’s Family Table
Host: Lidia Bastianich
Network: American Public Television
Air date: 1/06
Producers: Lidia Bastianich, Julia Harrison, Shelly Burgess
Nicotra |
| Category:
Radio Food Show |
A Chef’s Table “Aging”
Host: Jim Coleman
Area:
WHYY-FM, Public Radio Satellite System
Executive Producer: Elisabeth Perez-Luna
Producer: Lari Robling
|
The Leonard Lopate Show’s Holiday Recipe
Swap
Host: Leonard Lopate
Area: WNYC, Podcast, XM Satelite
Producer: Melissa Eagan |
The Splendid Table
Host: Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Area: APM
Producer: Sally Swift |
| Category:
Webcast |
Savoring the Best of World Flavors: Volume One:
India, Spain, Mexico and Thailand
Host: Bill Briwa
Website: www.ciaprochef.com
Producers: John Barkley, Greg Drescher
|
Spatulatta.com
Hosts: Olivia Gerasole & Isabella Gerasole
Website: www.spatulatta.com
Producers: Gaylon Emerzian, Heidi Umbhau |
Winery Profile: Staglin Family Vineyards
Hosts: Jay Selman, Eric Anderson
Website: www.graperadio.com
Producers: Jay Selman |
NOMINEES
2007 James Beard Foundation Design and Graphics Awards
Winners will be announced
on May 7, 2007
Category:
Outstanding Restaurant Design
For the best restaurant design or renovation in North
America since January 1, 2004 |
Design Firm:
Lewis. Tsurumaki. Lewis
(LTD) Architects
Designers:
Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis
147 Essex Street
New York, NY 10002
212-505-5955 For Project:
Xing Restaurant
785 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
646-289-3010
|
Design Firm:
Rockwell Group
Designers:
David Rockwell, Shawn Sullivan, Nils Guldager
5 Union Square West
New York, NY 10003
212-463-0334 For Project:
Nobu Fifty Seven
40 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019
212-757-3000 |
Design Firm:
Tadao Ando Architects and Associates
Designers:
Tadao Ando, Stephanie Goto, Masataka Yano
One Union Square West
New York, NY 10003
212-475-5575 For Project:
Morimoto
88 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
212-989-4639 |
Category:
Outstanding Restaurant Graphics
For the best restaurant graphics executed in North America
since January 1, 2004 |
Design Firm:
Baron and Baron
Designers:
Fabien Baron, Takashi Hiratsuka
250 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10107
212-397-8000 For Project:
Buddakan
75 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
212-989-2245
|
Design Firm:
Base Design
Designers:
Base Design
158 Lafayette Street, 5th floor
New York, NY 10013
212-625-9293 For Project:
Stand
24 East 12th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-488-5900 |
Design Firm:
Memo Productions
Designers:
Douglas Riccardi, Lisa Eaton
611 Broadway
New York, NY 10012
212-388-9758 For Project:
Pizzeria Mozza
641 N. Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-297-0101 |
NOMINEES
2007 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. |
Thomas Keller
The French Laundry
6640 Washington Street
Yountville, CA 94599
707-944-2380
|
Keith McNally
Balthazar
80 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
212-965-1414 |
Richard Melman
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
5419 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60640
773-878-7340 |
Drew Nieporent
Myriad Restaurant Group
180 Franklin Street
New York, NY 10013
212-219-9500 |
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
Jean Georges
1 Central Park West
New York, NY 10023
212-299-3900 |
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. |
Tom Colicchio
Craft
43 East 19th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-780-0880
|
Lee Hefter
Spago
176 N. Cañon Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310-385-0880
|
Jean Joho
Everest
440 S. La Salle Street, 40th Fl.
Chicago, IL 60605
312-663-8920
|
Paul Kahan
Blackbird
619 W. Randolph Street
Chicago, IL 60606
312-715-0708 |
Michel Richard
Michel Richard Citronelle
The Latham Hotel
3000 M. Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-2150 |
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. |
Boulevard
Chef/Owners:
Nancy Oakes, Pat Kuleto
1 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-543-6084
|
Frontera Grill
Chef/Owners: Rick and Deann Bayless
449 N Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312- 661-0381
|
Magnolia Grill
Chef/Owners:
Ben and Karen Barker
1002 Ninth Street
Durham, NC 27705
919-286-3609 |
Picholine
Chef/Owner:
Terrance Brennan
35 West 64th Street
New York, NY 60610
212-724-8585 |
Spiaggia
Chef: Tony Mantuano
Owner: Compass Group
980 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-280-2750 |
CATEGORY:
BEST NEW RESTAURANT
A RESTAURANT OPENED IN 2006 THAT ALREADY DISPLAYS EXCELLENCE
IN FOOD, BEVERAGE AND SERVICE, AND IS LIKELY TO MAKE A
SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN YEARS TO COME. |
A Voce
Chef:
Andrew Carmellini
Owner: Marlon Abela
41 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212- 545-8555
|
Cochon
Chefs/Owners:
Donald Link and
Stephen Stryjewski
930 Tchoupitoulas St.
New Orleans, LA
70130
504-588-2123 |
Cut
Chef/Owner:
Wolfgang Puck
9500 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA
90212
310-276-8500 |
Restaurant Guy Savoy
Chef/Owner:
Guy Savoy
3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
877-346 4642 |
L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon
Chef/Owner:
Joël Robuchon
57 E. 57th Street
New York, NY 10022
212-350-6658 |
Momofuku Ssäm Bar
Chefs/Owners:
David Chang and Joaquin Baca
207 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003
212-254-3500 |
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CATEGORY:
RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR PRESENTED BY CONTESSA PREMIUM
FOODS
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. |
Nate Appleman
A16
2355 Chestnut Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-771-2216
|
Graham Elliot Bowles
Avenues at The Peninsula Hotel
108 East Superior Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-573-6754 |
David Chang
Momofuku Noodle Bar
163 First Avenue
New York, NY 10003
212-475-7899 |
Patrick Connelly
Radius
8 High Street
Boston, MA 02110
617-426-1234 |
Daniel Humm
Eleven Madison Park
11 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212-889-0905 |
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. |
Will Goldfarb
Room 4 Dessert
17 Cleveland Pl.
New York, NY 10012
212- 941-5405
|
Michael Laiskonis
Le Bernardin
155 West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
212- 554-1515 |
Leslie Mackie
Macrina Bakery & Cafe
2408 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
206-448-4032 |
Elizabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson
Tartine Bakery
600 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-487-2600 |
Mindy Segal
HotChocolate
1747 N. Damen Avenue
Chicago, IL 60647
773- 489-1747 |
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. |
Bin 36
Wine Director:
Brian Duncan
339 N. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312-755-9463
|
i Trulli
Wine Director:
Charles Scicolone
122 East 27th Street
New York, NY 10016
212-481-7372 |
Mary Elanie’s at The Phoenician
Wine Director:
Gilles Balay
6000 E. Camelback Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
480-941-8200 |
Michel Richard Citronelle
Wine Director:
Mark Slater
3000 M. Street NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-625-2150 |
Picasso
Wine Director:
Robert Smith
3600 Las Vegas Blvd S.
Las Vegas, NV 89109
702-693-8105 |
CATEGORY:
OUTSTANDING WINE AND SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL AWARD PRESENTED
BY SOUTHERN WINE & SPIRITS
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. |
Dale DeGroff
King Cocktail
New York, NY
www.kingcocktail
.com
|
Paul Draper
Ridge Vineyards
17100 Monte Bello Road
Cupertino, CA 95014
408-867-3233 |
Dan Duckhorn
Duckhorn Vineyards
1000 Lodi Lane
St. Helena, CA 94574
888-354-8885 |
Terry Theise
Terry Theise
Estate Selections
8601 Georgia Avenue
Silver Springs, MD 20910
301-562-9099
|
Helen Turley
HTM Consultants/
Marcassin Winery
P.O. Box 332
Calistoga, CA 94515
707-258-3608 |
CATEGORY:
OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
A RESTAURANT THAT DEMONSTRATES HIGH STANDARDS OF HOSPITALITY
AND SERVICE. MUST HAVE BEEN IN OPERATION FOR THE PAST
FIVE YEARS. |
Blackberry Farm
Owner: Sam Beall
1471 W. Millers Cove Rd
Walland, TN 37886
865-984-8166
|
Canlis
Owners:The Canlis Family
2576 Aurora Ave North
Seattle, WA 98109
206-283-3313 |
La Grenouille
Owner: Gisele Mason
3 East 52nd Street
New York, NY 10022
212-752-1495 |
Terra
Owners: Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumanie
1345 Railroad Avenue
St. Helena, CA 94574
707-963-8931
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Tru
Owners: Rick Tramonto, Gale Gand and Richard Melman
676 N. St. Clair Street
Chicago, IL 60611
312-202-0001 |
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Jardiniére
300 Grove Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
415-861-5555 |
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Cyrus
29 North Street
Healdsburg, CA 95448
707-433-3311 |
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La Folie
2316 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-776-5577 |
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Delfina
3621 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-552-4055 |
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Quince
1701 Octavia Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
415-775-8500 |
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Cathal Armstrong
Restaurant Eve
110 South Pitt Street
Old Town Alexandria, VA
22314
703-706-0450 |
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Vidalia
1990 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-659-1990 |
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Amada
217 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
215- 625-2450
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Maricel Presilla
Cucharamama
233 Clinton Street
Hoboken, NJ 07030
201-420-1700 |
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Palena
3529 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008
202 -537-9250 |
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Bluestem
900 Westport Rd
Kansas City, MO 64111
816- 561-1101 |
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La Belle Vie
510 Groveland Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403
612- 874-6440 |
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Restaurant Alma
528 University Ave Se
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-379-4909
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Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro
3133 E Newberry Blvd
Milwaukee, WI 53211
414-962-6300 |
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The American Restaurant
200 E 25th St
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-545-8000 |
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Grant Achatz
Alinea
1723 N Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60614
312- 867-0110 |
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Naha
500 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
312-321-6242 |
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North Pond
2610 N Cannon Dr
Chicago , IL 60614
773- 477-5845
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Michael Symon
Lola
900 Literary Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44113
216- 771-5652 |
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Zingerman's Roadhouse
2501 Jackson Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734-663-3663 |
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Terrance Brennan
Picholine
35 West 64th Street
New York, NY 10023
212-724-8585 |
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Tabla
11 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
212-889-0667 |
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WD-50
50 Clinton Street
New York, NY 10002
212-477-2900 |
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The Modern
West 53rd Street
New York, NY 10019
212-333-1220 |
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Chanterelle
2 Harrison Street
New York, NY 10013
212-966-6960 |
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Hugo's
88 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
207- 774-8538 |
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Mark Gaier
Arrows
Berwick Road, Box 803
Ogunquit, ME 03907
207-361-1100
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Michael Leviton
Lumière
1293 Washington Street
West Newton, MA 02465
617-244-9199 |
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L’Espalier
30 Glouchester Street
Boston, MA 02115
617-262-3023 |
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Pigalle
75 Charles Street South
Boston, MA 02116
617-423-4944 |
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Park Kitchen
422 NW 8th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
503-223-7275 |
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Tilth
1411 N 45th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
206- 633-0801 |
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The Harvest Vine
2701 E. Madison
Seattle, WA 98112
206-320-9771 |
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Café Juanita
9702 NE 120th Place
Kirkland, WA 98034
425-823-1505 |
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Lark
926 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
206-323-5275 |
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Hugh Acheson
Five & Ten
1653 S. Lumpkin Street
Athens, GA 30606
706-546-7300 |
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The Dining Room in the Ritz Carlton Buckhead
3434 Peachtree Road, N.E
Atlanta, GA 30326
404-237-2700 |
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Blackberry Farm
1471 W. Millers Cove Road
Walland, TN 37886
865-984-8166 |
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Fig
232 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29401
843- 805-5900 |
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Watershed
406 Ponce De Leon Avenue
Decatur, GA 30030
404-378-4900 |
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David Bull
Driskill Grill
604 Brazos Street
Austin, TX 78701
512- 391-7162 |
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Sea Saw
7133 East Stetson Drive
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
480-481-9463 |
Sharon Hage
York Street
6047 Lewis Street
Dallas, TX 75206
214-826-0968 |
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Tafia
3701 Travis Street
Houston, TX 77002
713-524-6922 |
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Restaurant Le Rêve
152 E. Pecan Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
210-212-2221 |
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Michelle Bernstein
Michy's
6927 Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33138
305-759-2001 |
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City Grocery
152 Courthouse Square
Oxford, MS 38655
662-232-8080 |
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Pacific Time
915 Lincoln Rd.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305- 534-5979 |
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Hot and Hot Fish Club 2180 11th Court South
Birmingham, AL 35205
205- 933-5474 |
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Herbsaint
701 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70130
504- 524-4114 |
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