News and winners from the 2008 James Beard Awards
June 9th, 2008 by Besha Rodell in Events, NewsThe James Beard Awards took place over the weekend. Of note:
I wrote about the nominees in the Best Chef of the Southeast category a couple of weeks back. The winner is Robert Stehling of Charleston’s Hominy Grill. This marks the second year that the judges have picked a home-style, traditional Southern chef over others in the field with more fine dining establishments. It’s a bit of a surprise — I like the Hominy Grill, but I thought it was the least likely to win considering the competition.
The wonderful River Cottage Meat Book by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall won Cookbook of the Year.
In the Writing Category, Barbara Kingsolver won for Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.
Kim Cattrall hosted the awards ceremony. I wonder how many sausage jokes were made. You can see all the results here.
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