Congratulations JBF Award Winners!

I just returned from the James Beard Foundation Awards in NYC, the nation’s most prestigious awards ceremony honoring professionals in the food and beverage biz. Winners of the Foundation’s annual Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Awards were presented on May 3, at Gotham Hall in New York City, during a ceremony hosted by TV personality, writer, and cookbook author Ted Allen. Awards in the Restaurant, Chef and Design categories were presented May 6 during a ceremony hosted by American actor Oliver Platt at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. A huge thanks to all those who helped pull off this amazing event, and congrats to this years’ winners (complete list below)!

2013 Nominees and Winners

James Beard Foundation Broadcast & New Media Awards

Radio Show/Audio Webcast

Fear of Frying, WBEZ, Nina Barrett and Lynette Kalsnes (WINNER)
NewsWorks, WHYY FM, Lari Robling
The Salt, NPR, Allison Aubrey and Alison Richards

Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional

Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition, jmpurepastry.com, Nicolas DeGrazia, Daniel Kullman, Jimmy MacMillan, and Julie MacMillan
How to Cocktail, youtube.com/liquor, Kit Codik, Scott Kritz, and Noah Rothbaum (WINNER)
The Seasonal Cooks, bonappetit.com, Melissa Hamilton, Christopher Hirsheimer, and Matthew Duckor

Video Webcast On Location

The Curious Adventures of Kirk Lombard, Kirk Lombard and Kelly LeCastre
food. curated., Liza de Guia
The Perennial Plate, Daniel Klein and Mirra Fine (WINNER)

TV Program in Studio/Fixed Location

CBS Sunday Morning: “Eat, Drink, and Be Merry,” CBS, Charles Osgood, Gavin Boyle, Amol Mhatre, Rand Morrison, Amy Rosner, Jason Sacca, and Robin Sanders (WINNER)
M. Stewart’s Cooking School, PBS, Martha Stewart, Greta Anthony, Christina Deyo, Michael Morrison, Olivia Schneider, and Lisa Wagner
Sara’s Weeknight Meals, PBS, Sara Moulton, Natalie Gustafson, and Silver Plume Productions

TV Program On Location

Bizarre Foods America, Travel Channel, Colleen Needles Steward and Andrew Zimmern
Meat Eater, Sportsman Channel, Jared Andrukanis, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Steven Rinella, Craig Shepherd, and Lydia Tenaglia
The Mind of a Chef, PBS, Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Christopher Collins, Jonathan Cianfrani, Michael Steed, and Lydia Tenaglia (WINNER)

Television Segment

CNN InFocus, CNN, Tom Foreman, Jeremy Harlan, Kat Kinsman, Dan Lothian, and Eric Marrapodi
Friday Arts, Art of Food, WHYY TV, Monica Rogozinski (WINNER)
The Hungry Hound, WLS-TV (ABC 7) Chicago, Steve Dolinsky and Badriyyah Waheed

Special/Documentary

America Revealed: Food Machine, PBS, Yul Kwon, Christopher Bryson, Nick Catliff, Ruth Johnston, Amy Goodman Kass, Antony Tackaberry, and Nic Young
Food Forward Urban Agriculture Across America, PBS, Stett Holbrook and Greg Roden
The Restaurateur, PBS, Roger Sherman (WINNER)

Outstanding Food Personality/Host

Gerry Garvin, Cooking Channel, Road Trip With G. Garvin
Sara Moulton, PBS, Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Andrew Zimmern, Travel Channel, Bizarre Foods America (WINNER)

James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Design

Restaurant Design and Graphics

75 Seats and Under:

Farmshop, Commune, Santa Monica
Isa, Taavo Somer, Brooklyn (WINNER)
minibar, Capella Garcia Arquitectura (Juli Capella and Miquel Garcia), Washington, D.C.,

76 Seats and Over:

Jaleo at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, Rockwell Group, David Rockwell
Juvia, Alejandro Barrios Carrero Designs, Miami Beach (WINNER)
Triniti, MC2 Architects (Chung Q. B. Nguyen and Chuong Q. B. Nguyen), Houston

James Beard Foundation Restaurant & Chef Awards

Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional

Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE
Merry Edwards, Merry Edwards Winery, Sebastopol, CA (WINNER)
Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn
Neal Rosenthal, Rosenthal Wine Merchant, NYC
David Wondrich, Spirits Educator, NYC

Outstanding Wine Program

A16, SF
The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN
CityZen at Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C.
Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder (WINNER)
Picasso, Las Vegas

Outstanding Bar Program

The Aviary, Chicago (WINNER)
Bar Agricole, SF
NoMad, NYC
Holeman & Finch Public House, Atlanta
Pegu Club, NYC
The Violet Hour, Chicago

Rising Star Chef of the Year

Jimmy Bannos, Jr., Purple Pig, Chicago
Danny Bowien, Mission Chinese Food, SF and NYC (WINNER)
Thomas McNaughton, Flour + Water, SF
David Posey, Blackbird, Chicago
Blaine Wetzel, The Willows Inn, Lummi Island, WA

Best New Restaurant

Empellón Cocina, NYC
Grace, Chicago
The Ordinary, Charleston
Rich Table, San Francisco
State Bird Provisions, SF (WINNER)

Best Chef NYC

April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig
Wylie Dufresne, wd-50 (WINNER)
Mark Ladner, Del Posto
Jonathan Waxman, Barbuto
Michael White, Marea

Best Chef Northeast

Jamie Bissonnette, Coppa, Boston
Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery + Café, Boston
Gerry Hayden, The North Fork Table & Inn, Southold, NY
Melissa Kelly, Primo, Rockland, ME (WINNER)
Barry Maiden, Hungry Mother, Cambridge, MA

Best Chef Mid-Atlantic

Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA
Spike Gjerde, Woodberry Kitchen, Baltimore
Johnny Monis, Komi, Washington, D.C. (WINNER)
Brad Spence, Amis, Philadelphia
Vikram Sunderam, Rasika, Washington, D.C.

Best Chef Southeast

Ashley Christensen, Poole’s Downtown Diner, Raleigh, NC
Edward Lee, 610 Magnolia, Louisville
Joseph Lenn, The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN (WINNER)
Steven Satterfield, Miller Union, Atlanta
Tandy Wilson, City House, Nashville

Best Chef South

Justin Devillier, La Petite Grocery, New Orleans
Jeff McInnis, Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, Miami Beach
Tory McPhail, Commander’s Palace, New Orleans (WINNER)
Alon Shaya, Domenica, New Orleans
Sue Zemanick, Gautreau’s, New Orleans

Best Chef Midwest

Justin Aprahamian, Sanford, Milwaukee
Gerard Craft, Niche, St. Louis
Colby Garrelts, Bluestem, Kansas City, MO (WINNER)
Michelle Gayer, Salty Tart, Minneapolis
Jack Riebel, Butcher & the Boar, Minneapolis

Best Chef Great Lakes

Dave Beran, Next, Chicago
Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Chicago (WINNER)
Jonathon Sawyer, Greenhouse Tavern, Cleveland
Paul Virant, Vie, Western Springs, IL
Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Chicago

Best Chef Northwest

Jason Franey, Canlis, Seattle
Naomi Pomeroy, Beast, Portland
Gabriel Rucker, Le Pigeon, Portland (WINNER)
Ethan Stowell, Staple & Fancy Mercantile, Seattle
Cathy Whims, Nostrana, Portland

Best Chef Southwest

Kevin Binkley, Binkley’s Restaurant, Cave Creek, AZ
Bryce Gilmore, Barley Swine, Austin
Jennifer Jasinski, Rioja, Denver (WINNER)
Hugo Ortega, Hugo’s, Houston
Chris Shepherd, Underbelly, Houston

Best Chef West

Chris Cosentino, Incanto, SF
Christopher Kostow, The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena, CA (WINNER)
Corey Lee, Benu, SF
Daniel Patterson, Coi, SF
Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, Animal, LA

Outstanding Pastry Chef

Dominique Ansel, Dominique Ansel Bakery, NYC
Melissa Chou, Aziza, SF
Ken Forkish, Ken’s Artisan Bakery, Portland
Hedy Goldsmith, Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, Miami
Brooks Headley, Del Posto, NYC (WINNER)

Outstanding Service

Del Posto, NYC (WINNER)
Quince, SF
The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena, CA
Topolobampo, Chicago
Vetri, Philadelphia

Outstanding Restaurateur

Maguy Le Coze, Le Bernardin, NYC (WINNER)
Donnie Madia, One Off Hospitality Group (Blackbird, Avec, Publican and others), Chicago
Piero Selvaggio, Valentino Restaurant Group (Valentino, Vin Bar), LA
Carolyn Styne, Lucques, West Hollywood
Phil Suarez, Suarez Restaurant Group (ABC Kitchen, Jean Georges, Prime Steakhouse), NYC

Outstanding Restaurant

August, New Orleans, LA
Blue Hill, NYC (WINNER)
Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, AL
The Slanted Door, SF
Spiaggia, Chicago

Outstanding Chef

Sean Brock, McCrady’s, Charleston
David Chang, Momofuku Noodle Bar, NYC (WINNER)
Gary Danko, Restaurant Gary Danko, SF
Suzanne Goin, Lucques, West Hollywood, CA
Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Chicago (WINNER)
Nancy Silverton, Pizzeria Mozza, LA

America’s Classics

C.F. Folks, Washington, D.C.; Owner: Art Carlson
Frank Fat’s, Sacramento, CA; Owners: The Fat family
Keens Steakhouse, NYC; Owner: George Schwarz
Kramarczuk’s, Minneapolis; Owner: Orest Kramarczuk
Prince’s Hot Chicken Shack, Nashville; Owner: Andre Prince Jeffries

Who’s Who of Food and Beverage Inductees

Eric Asimov, Author and Journalist, NYC
Dorothy Kalins, Editor, NYC
Barbara Lynch, Chef and Restaurateur, Boston
Zarela Martinez, Chef and Restaurateur, NYC
Michael Mina, Chef and Restaurateur, San Francisco
Bill Yosses, Author and Pastry Chef, Washington, D.C.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Cecilia Chiang, Chef and Restaurateur, San Francisco

Humanitarian of the Year

Emeril Lagasse, Emeril Lagasse Foundation, New Orleans

James Beard Foundation Book Awards

American Cooking

Fire in My Belly, Kevin Gillespie and David Joachim, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Mastering the Art of Southern Cooking, Nathalie Dupree and Cynthia Graubart, Gibbs Smith (WINNER)
Southern Comfort, Allison Vines-Rushing and Slade Rushing, Ten Speed Press

Beverage

How to Love Wine, Eric Asimov, William Morrow
Inventing Wine, Paul Lukacs, W.W. Norton & Company
Wine Grapes, Julia Harding, Jancis Robinson, and José Vouillamoz, Ecco (WINNER)

General Cooking

Canal House Cooks Every Day, Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer, Andrews McMeel Publishing (WINNER)
Modernist Cuisine at Home, Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet, The Cooking Lab
What Katie Ate, Katie Quinn Davies, Viking Studio

International

Burma, Naomi Duguid, Artisan
Gran Cocina Latina, Maricel E. Presilla, W.W. Norton & Company
Jerusalem: A Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi & Sami Tamimi, Ten Speed Press (WINNER)

Reference and Scholarship

101 Classic Cookbooks, Marvin J. Taylor and Clark Wolf, Rizzoli New York
The Art of Fermentation, Sandor Ellix Katz, Chelsea Green Publishing (WINNER)
The Cookbook Library, Anne Willan with Mark Cherniavsky and Kyri Claflin, University of California Press

Baking and Dessert

Bouchon Bakery, Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel, Artisan
The Dahlia Bakery Cookbook, Tom Douglas and Shelley Lance, William Morrow
Flour Water Salt Yeast, Ken Forkish, Ten Speed Press (WINNER)

Professional Point of View

Come In, We’re Closed, Christine Carroll and Jody Eddy, Running Press
Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine, The International Culinary Center, Cesare Casella, and Stephanie Lyness, Abrams
Toqué!, Normand Laprise, les éditions du passage (WINNER)

Focus on Health

Cooking Light: The New Way to Cook Light, Scott Mowbray and Ann Taylor Pittman, Oxmoor House (WINNER)
The Sprouted Kitchen, Sara Forte, Ten Speed Press
True Food, Sam Fox and Andrew Weil with Michael Stebner, Little, Brown and Company

Single Subject

Afield, Jesse Griffiths, Welcome Books
Modern Sauces, Martha Holmberg, Chronicle Books
Ripe, Nigel Slater, Ten Speed Press (WINNER)

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

Foraged Flavor, Tama Matsuoka Wong with Eddy Leroux, Clarkson Potter Publishers
Herbivoracious, Michael Natkin, The Harvard Common Press
Roots, Diane Morgan, Chronicle Books (WINNER)

Writing and Literature

The American Way of Eating, Tracie McMillan, Scribner
The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat, Thomas McNamee, Free Press
Yes, Chef, Marcus Samuelsson, Random House (WINNER)

Photography

Bouchon Bakery, Deborah Jones, Artisan
Toqué!, Dominique Malaterre, les éditions du passage
What Katie Ate, Katie Quinn Davies, Viking Studio (WINNER)

James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards

Publication of the Year

ChopChop

Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication

Los Angeles Magazine, Lesley Bargar Suter
Men’s Health, Adina Steiman (WINNER)
Real Simple, Lygeia Grace
Washingtonian, Todd Kliman

Personal Essay

Fuchsia Dunlop, Lucky Peach, “London Town” (WINNER)
Hua Hsu, Lucky Peach, “Wokking the Suburbs”
Joy Manning, Table Matters, “The Swedish Chef”

Humor

Lisa Hanawalt, Lucky Peach, “The Secret Lives of Chefs”
Alice Laussade, Dallas Observer, “The Cheap Bastard’s Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas” (WINNER)
Michael Procopio, Food for the Thoughtless, “KY Jelly is My New Jam”

Cooking/Recipes/Instruction

M. Goulding, M. Kadey, P. Kita, Men’s Health, “The Butcher Is Back!,” “The Six-Pack Foods of Summer,” “Southern Food Rises Again” (WINNER)
J. Kenji López-Alt, Serious Eats, “The Food Lab”
Every Day w/ Rachael Ray Staff, “Pick Your Perfect Thanksgiving”

Profile

Brandon Chuang, Feast, “An Evolution of Ideas“
Alex Halberstadt, NYT Mag, “Cooking Isn’t Creative and It Isn’t Easy“
Brett Martin, GQ, “Danny and the Electric Kung Pao Pastrami Test” (WINNER)

Food and Culture

Oliver Bullough, Roads & Kingdoms, “Adjika: Sauce of Glory, Pride of Abkhazia“
Ryan D’Agostino & Editors, Esquire, “The Esquire Community Cookbook“
Ann Taylor Pittman, Cooking Light, “Mississippi Chinese Lady Goes Home to Korea” (WINNER)

Politics/Policy/Environment

Barry Estabrook, OnEarth, “Out to Lunch“
Tracie McMillan, The American Prospect, As Common As Dirt (WINNER)
Ben Paynter, Bloomberg Businessweek, “The Carp Must Die“

Health & Well-Being

Rachael Moeller Gorman, EatingWell, “Solving the Sugar Puzzle” (WINNER)
Aliza Green, Washington Post, “The Gloves Can Come Off, as Far as I’m Concerned“
Lou Schuler, Men’s Health, “Did Cavemen Have Abs?“

Visual Storytelling

Jessica Bennett and Sky Dylan-Robbins, From Tumblr’s “Storyboard” Series: “Pizza That Never Sleeps (Even in a Hurricane),” “Move Over, Cupcakes: The Religieuse Has Arrived,” “Cooking Their Way Through Magazine History“
Wylie Dufresne, Michael Laiskonis, Nathan Rawlinson, and Alex Stupak, Gilt Taste: The Art of Plating: “Why Presentation May be Self-Defeating,” “A Different Take on Mexican Mole,” “Tire Tracks of Sauce”
Michele Outland and Fiorella Valdesolo, Gather Journal: “Starters,” “Dessert,” “Smoke & Ash” (WINNER)

Food Columns

Celia Barbour, http://philipstown.info, Mouths to Feed: “Into the Woods,” “Of Cabbages and Queens,” “The Dirt on Christmas“
Adam Sachs, Bon Appétit, The Obsessivore: “I’m Big On Japan,” “Everyone’s a Critic,” “The Tradition Starts Here” (WINNER)
Jane and Michael Stern, Saveur, Routes: “Surf and Turf,” “Hog Heaven, “Fair and Square“
Lettie Teague, WSJ, On Wine: “A Pinot a Day: Is a Little Wine Really Good for You?,” “Think While You Drink: In Defense of Wine Snobs,” “Men Are From Cab, Women Are From Moscato?“

Wine, Spirits, and Beverages

Betsy Andrews, Saveur, “Northern Renaissance“
Marisa Huff, La Cucina Italiana, “The New Birra Italiana“
Michael Steinberger, vanityfair.com, “A Vintage Crime” (WINNER)

Individual Food Blog

Cannelle et Vanille, Aran Goyoaga
Hunter Angler Gardener Cook, Hank Shaw (WINNER)
Vinography, Alder Yarrow

Group Food Blog

Food and Travel

Matt Goulding, Roads & Kingdoms, “The Soul of a City“
Peter Jon Lindberg, Travel + Leisure, “Hawaii’s Next Wave“
Adam Sachs, Travel + Leisure, “The Best Little Eating Town in Europe” (WINNER)

Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review

Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, “Justin Yu and Oxheart Look Forward, Not Back,” “Torchy’s Tacos’ Magic Gets Lost in Translation,” “Why Underbelly is Essential to Houston“
Patric Kuh, LA Mag, “Whole Foods,” “Shore Thing,” “Power Station”
Tejal Rao, Village Voice, “Bangkok Pop, No Fetishes,” “The Sweet Taste of Success,” “Enter the Comfort Zone at 606 R&D” (WINNER)

M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing

Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, Mpls.St.Paul Mag, “The Cheese Artist“
Richard Parks, Lucky Peach, “Khmerican Food“
Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, “Chicken of the Trees” (WINNER)