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Breaking news from the James Beard Foundation awards committee: Tampa’s Zack Gross (of Z Grille) and Sarasota’s Derek Barnes (of Derek’s Culinary Casual) made the semifinals list for Best Chef: South a month ago, and Bern’s made the short list for Outstanding Restaurant, but none of them made the cut to the finalists list announced today.

I profiled Barnes in CL Sarasota a couple of weeks ago, and reviewed Z Grille a couple of months ago; both are well worth a visit, but the Beard Foundation has always tended towards honoring chefs with name recognition, usually from bigger markets. Still, as hackneyed as it sounds, it’s a big step for Barnes, Gross, Bern’s and Florida’s Gulf Coast just for them to be nominated. Congrats again, guys.

Check out the full list of finalists after the break:

Broadcast Media Awards

Presented by Viking Range Corporation

For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2008.

AUDIO WEBCAST OR RADIO SHOW

Living Today, Martha Stewart Living Radio: José Andrés

Host: Mario Bosquez

Area: Nationwide U.S.

Producers: Naomi Gabay and Lauren Gould

Graperadio.com: Thomas Jefferson and Wine

Hosts: Brian Clark, Eric Anderson, and Jay Selman

Area: Online

Producer: Jay Selman

WNYC, The Leonard Lopate Show: 3-Ingredient Challenge

Hosts: Leonard Lopate and Rozanne Gold

Area: New York City Metro, Online

Producer: Sarah English

VIDEO WEBCAST

Obsessives: School Lunch Revolutionary

Chow.com

Producer: Meredith Arthur

The Art of Blending

Hosts: Brian Clark, Eric Anderson, and Jay Selman

Graperadio.com

Producers: Jay Selman and Mark Ryan

Savoring the Best of World Flavors, Volume III: Vietnam and the Island of Sicily

Host: Jonathan Coleman

Ciaprochef.com/WCA3/

Producers: John Barkley, Kenneth Wilmoth, Greg Drescher, Steve Jilleba, and Janet Fletcher

TELEVISION FOOD SHOW, NATIONAL AND LOCAL

Lidia’s Italy: Sweet Napoli

Host: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich

Network: PBS

Producers: Lidia Matticchio Bastianich, Julia Harrison, and Shelly Burgess Nicotra

The Château Dinner: A French Food at Home Special with Laura Calder

Host: Laura Calder

Network: Food Network Canada

Producer: Johanna Eliot

We Live to Eat: New Orleans’ Love Affair with Food

Network: PBS

Producers: e/Prime Media and the Historic New Orleans Collection

TELEVISION FOOD SEGMENT, NATIONAL AND LOCAL

ABC News, Nightline: Platelist

Hosts: Martin Bashir, Cynthia McFadden, and Terry Moran

Network: ABC

Producer: Sarah Rosenberg

CBS News Sunday Morning: In a Pinch

Host: Martha Teichner

Network: CBS

Producers: Jon Carras and David Small

ABC 7 News Friday Night Special: Hungry Hound

Host: Steve Dolinsky

Network: ABC

Producer: Badriyyah Waheed

Journalism Awards

For articles published in English in 2008.

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND/OR CHEFS

Monica Eng, Phil Vettel

Chicago Tribune

“Big Night. Big Mystery: Why Did Michael Carlson Vanish the Day After Serving Dinner to the Greatest Chefs in the World?”

Katy McLaughlin

The Wall Street Journal

“Sushi Bullies”

Tom Sietsema

The Washington Post

“Sound Check”

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING WITHOUT RECIPES

Monica Eng

Chicago Tribune

“Morality Bites: Mustering Some Sympathy for the Bedeviled Ham and Beef”

Kristen Hinman

Riverfront Times

“The Pope of Pork”

Craig LaBan

The Philadelphia Inquirer

“The Tender and the Tough”

NEWSPAPER FEATURE WRITING WITH RECIPES

Rebekah Denn

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“High on the Hairy Hogs: Super-Succulent Imports are Everything U.S. Pork Isn’t”

David Leite

The New York Times

“Perfection? Hint: It’s Warm and Has a Secret”

Kathleen Purvis

The Charlotte Observer

“The Belly of the Beast”

NEWSPAPER FOOD SECTION

Chicago Tribune

Carol Mighton Haddix

San Francisco Chronicle

Jon Bonné and Miriam Morgan

The Washington Post

Joe Yonan

MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND/OR CHEFS

Ruth Reichl

Gourmet

“The Last Time I Saw Paris…”

Alan Richman

Departures

“Eating Small in New York”

Anya von Bremzen

Food & Wine

“The Grilling Genius of Spain”

MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING WITH RECIPES

Edna Lewis

Gourmet

“What is Southern?”*

*published posthumously

David Dobbs

Recipes by John Ash

EatingWell

“The Wild Salmon Debate: A Fresh Look at Whether Eating Farmed Salmon is…Well…OK”

James Peterson

Saveur

“Mother Sauce: The Ancient Art of the Saucier is Alive and Well in the Kitchens of Paris and Beyond”

MAGAZINE FEATURE WRITING WITHOUT RECIPES

Alan Richman

GQ

“Made (Better) in Japan”

Patricia Sharpe and the staff members of Texas Monthly Magazine

Texas Monthly

“BBQ 08 (The Top 50 BBQ Joints in Texas)”

Monique Truong

Gourmet

“My Cherry Amour”

RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Jonathan Gold

LA Weekly

“A Proper Brasserie,” “A Fine Palate,” “Pho Town”

Adam Platt

New York Magazine

“Faux French,” “The Mario of Midtown,” “Corton on Hudson”

Tom Sietsema

The Washington Post

“Great Expectations,” “Robo Restaurant,” “An Earned Exclamation”

REPORTING ON NUTRITION OR FOOD-RELATED CONSUMER ISSUES

Barry Estabrook

Gourmet

“Greens of Wrath”

Mark Adams, Amanda Fortini, Melissa Kirsch, Josh Ozersky, Rob Patronite, Adam Platt, and Robin Raisfeld

New York Magazine

“What Good is Breakfast?”

Rachael Moeller Gorman

EatingWell

“How to Feed Your Mind”

BLOG FOCUSING ON FOOD, BEVERAGE, RESTAURANTS, OR NUTRITION

Andrew Knowlton

The BA Foodist

Bonappetit.com

Hank Shaw

Hunter Angler Gardener Cook

Honest-food.net

Erika Ehmsen, Elizabeth Jardina, Rick LaFrentz, Amy Machnak, Johanna Silver, Margaret Sloan, and Margo True

Our One-Block Diet

Oneblockdiet.sunset.com

FOOD-RELATED COLUMNS

Dorie Greenspan

Bon Appétit

“Bacon-Cheddar Quick Bread,” “All-Purpose Holiday Cake,” “My Go-To Dough”

Corby Kummer

The Atlantic

“A Papaya Grows in Holyoke,” “Beyond the McIntosh,” “Half a Loaf”

Laura Shapiro

Gourmet.com

“Campaign Cookies,” “Why Does America Hate Ratatouille?,” “The Lord is my Chef”

WRITING ON SPIRITS, WINE, OR BEER

Jon Bonné

San Francisco Chronicle

“Revolution by the Glass”

Jay McInerney

Men’s Vogue

“Billionaire Winos”

Alan Richman

GQ

“Viva La Revolucion!”

WEBSITE FOCUSING ON FOOD, BEVERAGE, RESTAURANTS, OR NUTRITION

Chow.com

Jane Goldman

Epicurious.com

Tanya Steel

Gourmet.com

Ruth Reichl

MULTIMEDIA FOOD JOURNALISM

Ruth Reichl

Gourmet.com

“Gourmet Cookbook Club”

Ruth Reichl

Gourmet.com

“The Test Kitchen”

Mike Sula

Chicagoreader.com

“The Whole Hog Project”

M.F.K. FISHER DISTINGUISHED WRITING AWARD

Celia Barbour

O, The Oprah Magazine

“Knead, Pray, Love”

Aleksandra Crapanzano

Gourmet

“Benedictions”

Alan Richman

GQ

“My Sweet Life”

Book Awards

Presented by Green & Black’s® Organic Chocolate

For cookbooks published in English in 2008.

AMERICAN COOKING

Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited

by Arthur Schwartz

(Ten Speed Press)

Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune of New Orleans

Edited by: Marcelle Bienvenu and Judy Walker

(Chronicle Books)

Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook

by Martha Hall Foose

(Clarkson Potter)

BAKING

Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking

by Shirley O. Corriher

(Scribner)

Baking for All Occasions: A Treasury of Recipes for Everyday Celebrations

by Flo Braker

(Chronicle Books)

The Art and Soul of Baking

by Cindy Mushet, Sur La Table

(Andrews McMeel Publishing)

BEVERAGE

The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea

by Michael Harney

(The Penguin Press)

The Wines of Burgundy

by Clive Coates

(University of California Press)

WineWise: Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine

by Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, and Michael A. Weiss, The Culinary Institute of America

(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

COOKING FROM A PROFESSIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Alinea

by Grant Achatz

(Achatz LLC/Ten Speed Press)

The Big Fat Duck Cookbook

by Heston Blumenthal

(Bloomsbury USA)

Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide

by Thomas Keller

(Artisan)

GENERAL COOKING

How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition)

by Mark Bittman

(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

Martha Stewart’s Cooking School: Lessons and Recipes for the Home Cook

by Martha Stewart with Sarah Carey

(Clarkson Potter)

The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook

by Barbara Fairchild

(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

HEALTHY FOCUS

Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta: Recipes from the World-Famous Spa

by Deborah Szekely and Deborah M. Schneider, with Jesús González

(Stewart, Tabori & Chang)

EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook

by Philip A. Ades, M.D. and the Editors of EatingWell

(The Countryman Press)

The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life

by Ellie Krieger

(The Taunton Press, Inc.)

INTERNATIONAL

Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China

by Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid

(Artisan)

Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Food Lover’s Treasury of Classics and Improvisations

by Jayne Cohen

(John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)

Southeast Asian Flavors: Adventures in Cooking the Foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, & Singapore

by Robert Danhi

(Mortar & Press)

PHOTOGRAPHY

The Big Fat Duck Cookbook

Photographer: Dominic Davies

Artist: Dave McKean

(Bloomsbury USA)

Decadent Desserts

Photographer: Thomas Dhellemmes

(Flammarion)

Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya

Photographer: Masashi Kuma

(Kodansha International)

REFERENCE AND SCHOLARSHIP

Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages

by Anne Mendelson

(Knopf)

The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most Imaginative Chefs

by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page

(Little, Brown and Company)

The Science of Good Food

by David Joachim and Andrew Schloss, with A. Philip Handel, Ph.D.

(Robert Rose Inc.)

SINGLE SUBJECT

Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes

by Jennifer McLagan

(Ten Speed Press)

Mediterranean Fresh: A Compendium of One-Plate Salad Meals and Mix-and-Match Dressings

by Joyce Goldstein

(W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)

The Best Casserole Cookbook Ever

by Beatrice Ojakangas

(Chronicle Books)

WRITING AND LITERATURE

In Defense of Food

by Michael Pollan

(The Penguin Press)

Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China

by Fuchsia Dunlop

(W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.)

Raising Steaks: The Life and Times of American Beef

by Betty Fussell

(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Design and Graphics Awards

OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT DESIGN

For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2006

Design Firm: Design Bureaux, Inc.

Designer: Thomas Schlesser

Project: The Publican, Chicago

Design Firm: Design Bureaux, Inc.

Designer: Thomas Schlesser

Project: Bar Boulud, NYC

Design Firm: Starck Network and SBE Design Team

Designers: Philippe Starck, Bruno Barrione, and Theresa Fatino

Project: The Bazaar by José Andrés at SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles

OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT GRAPHICS

For the best restaurant graphics executed in North America since January 1, 2006

Design Firm: The JNL Graphic Design

Designers: Jason Pickleman and Donald Madia

Project: The Publican, Chicago

Design Firm: Korn Design

Designers: Denise Korn, Javier Cortés, and Bryant Ross

Project: The Corner Office, Denver

Designer: Steven Solomon

Project: Terroir, NYC

Restaurant and Chef Awards

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

Tom Douglas Restaurants

Seattle

Keith McNally

Balthazar, Lucky Strike, Morandi, Pastis, Pravda, and Schiller’s Liquor Bar

NYC

Richard Melman

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises

Chicago

Drew Nieporent

Myriad Restaurant Group

NYC

Stephen Starr

Starr Restaurant Organization

Philadelphia

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

Minibar

Washington, D.C.

Dan Barber

Blue Hill

NYC

Tom Colicchio

Craft

NYC

Suzanne Goin

Lucques

Los Angeles

Paul Kahan

Blackbird

Chicago

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

NYC

Chef/Owner: Mario Batali

Owner: Joe Bastianich

Boulevard

San Francisco

Chef/Owner: Nancy Oakes

Owner: Pat Kuleto

Fore Street

Portland, ME

Chef/Owner: Sam Hayward

Owner: Victor Leon and Dana Street

Highlands Bar & Grill

Birmingham, AL

Chef/Owner: Frank Stitt

Jean Georges

NYC

Chef/Owner: Jean-Georges Vongerichten

Owner: Phil Suarez

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

A16

San Francisco

Sean Brock

McCrady’s

Charleston, SC

Johnny Monis

Komi

Washington, D.C.

Gabriel Rucker

Le Pigeon

Portland, OR

Michael Solomonov

Zahav

Philadelphia

Sue Zemanick

Gautreau’s

New Orleans

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 at SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills

Los Angeles

Chef/Owner: José Andrés

Owners: Sam Nazarian and Philippe Starck

Corton

NYC

Chef/Owner: Paul Liebrandt

Owner: Drew Nieporent

L2O

Chicago

Chef: Laurent Gras

Owner: Richard Melman

Momofuku Ko

NYC

Chef/Owner: David Chang

Scarpetta

NYC

Chef/Owner: Scott Conant

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

Babbo

NYC

Kamel Guechida

Joël Robuchon at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino

Las Vegas

Pichet Ong

P*ong

NYC

Nicole Plue

Redd

Yountville, CA

Mindy Segal

Mindy’s HotChocolate

Chicago

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

Chicago

Wine Director: Brian Duncan

Blackberry Farm

Walland, TN

Wine Director: Andy Chabot

Le Bernardin

NYC

Wine Director: Aldo Sohm

Patina

Los Angeles

Wine Director: Eric Espuny

Picasso at Bellagio

Las Vegas

Wine Director: Robert Smith

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

Dale DeGroff Co., Inc.

NYC

Merry Edwards

Merry Edwards Wines

Sebastopol, CA

Garrett Oliver

The Brooklyn Brewery

Brooklyn, NY

John Shafer and Doug Shafer

Shafer Vineyards

Napa, CA

Julian P. Van Winkle, III

Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery

Louisville, KY

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

NYC

Owners: Daniel Boulud and Joel Smilow

Emeril’s New Orleans

New Orleans

Owner: Emeril Lagasse

La Grenouille

NYC

Owners: Charles Masson and Giséle Masson

Spiaggia

Chicago

Owner: Larry Levy

Vetri

Philadelphia

Owners: Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin

BEST CHEFS IN AMERICA

Presented by American Express®

Chefs who have set new or consistent standards of excellence in their respective regions. Candidates must have been working as chefs in any type of dining establishment 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.

Best Chef: Pacific (CA, HI)

Jeremy Fox

Ubuntu

Napa, CA

Douglas Keane

Cyrus

Healdsburg, CA

Loretta Keller

Coco500

San Francisco

David Kinch

Manresa

Los Gatos, CA

Daniel Patterson

Coi

San Francisco

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)

Cathal Armstrong

Restaurant Eve

Alexandria, VA

Jose Garces

Amada

Philadelphia

Peter Pastan

Obelisk

Washington, D.C.

Maricel Presilla

Cucharamama

Hoboken, NJ

Vikram Sunderam

Rasika

Washington, D.C.

Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)

Isaac Becker

112 Eatery

Minneapolis

Gerard Craft

Niche

St. Louis, MO

Colby Garrelts

Bluestem

Kansas City, MO

Tim McKee

La Belle Vie

Minneapolis

Alexander Roberts

Restaurant Alma

Minneapolis

Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)

Koren Grieveson

Avec

Chicago

Arun Sampanthavivat

Arun’s

Chicago

Bruce Sherman

North Pond

Chicago

Michael Symon

Lola

Cleveland

Alex Young

Zingerman’s Roadhouse

Ann Arbor, MI

Best Chef: New York City (Five Boroughs)

Michael Anthony

Gramercy Tavern

Terrance Brennan

Picholine

Wylie Dufresne

WD-50

Gabrielle Hamilton

Prune

Gabriel Kreuther

The Modern

Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY STATE, RI, VT)

Rob Evans

Hugo’s

Portland, ME

Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier

Arrows

Ogunquit, ME

Michael Leviton

Lumiére

West Newton, MA

Tony Maws

Craigie on Main

Cambridge, MA

Marc Orfaly

Pigalle

Boston

Best Chef: Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)

Maria Hines

Tilth

Seattle

Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez

The Harvest Vine

Seattle

Ethan Stowell

Union

Seattle

Cathy Whims

Nostrana

Portland, OR

Jason Wilson

Crush

Seattle

Best Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)

Hugh Acheson

Five and Ten

Athens, GA

Linton Hopkins

Restaurant Eugene

Atlanta

Mike Lata

Fig

Charleston, SC

Bill Smith

Crook’s Corner

Chapel Hill, NC

Bob Waggoner

Charleston Grill

Charleston, SC

Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)

Paul Bartolotta

Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn Las Vegas

Sharon Hage

York Street

Dallas

Ryan Hardy

Montagna at the Little Nell

Aspen, CO

Claude Le Tohic

Joël Robuchon at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino

Las Vegas

Andrew Weissman

Le Rêve

San Antonio

Best Chef: South (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS)

Zach Bell

Café Boulud at the Brazilian Court

Palm Beach, FL

John Currence

City Grocery

Oxford, MS

John Harris

Lilette

New Orleans

Douglas Rodriguez

Ola

Miami Beach, FL

Michael Schwartz

Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink

Miami

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