The James Beard Foundation is the most prestigious organization in the professional culinary world. Since 1986, the annual James Beard Foundation Awards honor the best chefs, restaurant professionals, food writers and other media in the industry. There are 59 categories in the Foundation’s various awards programs – Restaurant and Chef, Restaurant Design and Graphics, Book, Broadcast and Journalism – in addition to special achievement award honorees including Lifetime Achievement, Humanitarian of the Year, Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America and America’s Classics.
The James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception will take place at Lyric Opera of Chicago on Monday, May 4, 2015, hosted by Alton Brown.
Best New Restaurant
Bâtard, New York, New York
Cosme, New York, New York
Parachute, Chicago, Illinois
The Progress, San Francisco, California
Spoon and Stable, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Outstanding Restaurant
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, New York
Highlands Bar & Grill, Birmingham, Alabama
Per Se, New York, New York
The Spotted Pig, New York, New York
Outstanding Service
Marea, New York, New York
Quince, San Francisco, California
Restaurant August, New Orleans
Topolobampo, Chicago, Illinois
Outstanding Wine Program
A16, San Francisco, California
FIG, Charleston, South Carolina
McCrady’s, Charleston, South Carolina
Spago, Beverly Hills, California
NOMINATED CHEFS INCLUDE:
Outstanding Chef
Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern, New York, New York
Sean Brock, McCrady’s, Charleston, South Carolina
Suzanne Goin, Lucques, West Hollywood, California
Claude Le Tohic, Joël Robuchon, Las Vegas, Nevada
Donald Link, Herbsaint, New Orleans, Louisiana
Marc Vetri, Vetri, Philadelphia
Rising Star of the Year
Tanya Baker, The Boarding House, Chicago, Illinois
Alex Bois, High Street on Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jessica Largey, Manresa, Los Gatos, California
Ari Taymore, Alma, Los Angeles, California
Outstanding Pastry Chef
Dana Cree, Blackbird, Chicago, Illinois
Maura Kilpatrick, Oleana, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dahlia Narvarez, Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles, California
Ghaya Oliveira, Daniel, New York, New York
Best Chef: Great Lakes
Curtis Duffy, Grace, Chicago, Illinois
Jonathon Sawyer, The Greenhouse Tavern, Cleveland, Ohio
Paul Virant, Vie, Western Springs, Illinois
Erling Wu-Bower, Nico Osteria, Chicago, Illinois
Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Chicago, Illinois
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Joe Cicala, Le Virtù, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spike Gjerde, Woodberry Kitchen, Baltimore, Maryland
Rich Landau, Vedge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Greg Vernick, Vernick Food & Drink, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cindy Wolf, Charleston, Baltimore, Maryland
Best Chef: Midwest
Paul Berglund, The Bachelor Farmer, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gerard Craft, Niche, Clayton, Missouri
Lenny Russo, Heartland Restaurant & Farm Direct Market, St. Paul, Minnesota
Best Chef: New York City
Marco Canora, Hearth
Mario Carbone and Rich Torrisi, Carbone
Mark Ladner, Del Posto
Anita Lo, Annisa
Ignacio Mattos, Estela
Jonathan Waxman, Barbuto
Best Chef: Northeast
Karen Akunowicz, Myers + Chang, Boston, Massachusetts
Barry Maiden, Hungry Mother, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cassie Piuma, Sarma, Somerville, Massachusetts
Best Chef: Northwest
Renee Erickson, The Whale Wins, Seattle, Washington
Justin Woodward, Castagna, Portland, Oregon
Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, Joule, Seattle, Washington
Best Chef: South
Vishwesh Bhatt, Snackbar, Oxford, Mississippi
Justin Devillier, La Petite Grocery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Slade Rushing, Brennan’s, New Orleans, Louisiana
Alon Shaya, Domenica, New Orleans, Louisiana
Best Chef: Southeast
John Fleer, Rhubarb, Asheville, North Carolina
Steven Satterfield, Miller Union, Atlanta, Georgia
Jason Stanhope, FIG, Charleston, South Carolina
Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman, Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen, Memphis, Tennessee
Best Chef: Southwest
Kevin Binkley, Binkley’s, Cave Creek, Arizona
Martín Rios, Restaurant Martín, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Best Chef: West
Matthew Accarrino, SPQR, San Francisco, California
Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, State Bird Provisions, San Francisco, California
Michael Cimarusti, Providence, Los Angeles, California
Corey Lee, Benu, San Francisco, California
2015 James Beard Foundation America’s Classics
Archie’s Waeside, Le Mars, Iowa
Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, Ky.
Guelaguetza, Los Angeles
Sally Bell’s Kitchen, Richmond, Va.
Sevilla Restaurant, New York
2015 James Beard Foundation Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America Inductees
Allan Benton
Pork Producer and Purveyor
Madisonville, TN
Dale DeGroff
Mixologist
NYC
Wylie Dufresne
Chef and Restaurateur
NYC
Nathalie Dupree
Cookbook Author and Television Personality
Charleston
Maricel Presilla
Chef, Restaurateur, and Cookbook Author
Hoboken, NJ
2015 James Beard Foundation Humanitarian of the Year
Michael Nischan
CEO, President and Co-Founder of Wholesome Wave
Westport, CT
2015 James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard Melman
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
2015 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
For books published in English in 2014. Winners will be announced on April 24, 2015.
The winner of the Cookbook of the Year Award and the Cookbook Hall of Fame inductee will be announced
on April 24, 2015.
American Cooking
Heritage
Sean Brock
(Artisan)6
The New England Kitchen: Fresh Takes on Seasonal Recipes
Erin Byers Murray and Jeremy Sewall
(Rizzoli New York)
Texas on the Table: People, Places, and Recipes Celebrating the Flavors of the Lone Star State
Terry Thompson-Anderson
(University of Texas Press)
Baking and Dessert
Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere
Dorie Greenspan
(Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Della Fattoria Bread: 63 Foolproof Recipes for Yeasted, Enriched & Naturally Leavened Breads
Kathleen Weber
(Artisan)
Flavor Flours: A New Way to Bake with Teff, Buckwheat, Sorghum, Other Whole & Ancient Grains, Nuts & Non-
Wheat Flours
Alice Medrich
(Artisan)
Beverage
Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails, with More than 500 Recipes
Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, and David Kaplan
(Ten Speed Press)
Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail
Dave Arnold
(W. W. Norton & Company)
Sherry: A Modern Guide to the Wine World's Best-Kept Secret, with Cocktails and Recipes
Talia Baiocchi
(Ten Speed Press)
Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Bar Tartine: Techniques & Recipes
Nicolaus Balla and Cortney Burns
(Chronicle Books)
Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef
Massimo Bottura
(Phaidon Press)
Relæ: A Book of Ideas
Christian F. Puglisi
(Ten Speed Press)
Focus on Health
A Change of Appetite: Where Healthy Meets Delicious
Diana Henry
(Mitchell Beazley)
Cooking Light Mad Delicious: The Science of Making Healthy Food Taste Amazing
Keith Schroeder
(Oxmoor House)
Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans
Henry Fong and Michelle Tam
(Andrews McMeel Publishing)
General Cooking
The Kitchn Cookbook: Recipes, Kitchens & Tips to Inspire Your Cooking
Faith Durand and Sara Kate Gillingham
(Clarkson Potter)
Marcus Off Duty: The Recipes I Cook at Home
Marcus Samuelsson
(Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Saveur: The New Classics Cookbook
The Editors of Saveur
(Weldon Owen)
International
The Cuban Table: A Celebration of Food, Flavors, and History
Ana Sofía Peláez
(St. Martin’s Press)
My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories
David Lebovitz
(Ten Speed Press)
Yucatán: Recipes from a Culinary Expedition
David Sterling
(University of Texas Press)
Photography
In Her Kitchen: Stories and Recipes from Grandmas Around the World
Photographer: Gabriele Galimberti
(Clarkson Potter)
A New Napa Cuisine
Photographer: Jen Munkvold and Taylor Peden
(Ten Speed Press)
Sherry: A Modern Guide to the Wine World's Best-Kept Secret, with Cocktails and Recipes
Photographer: Ed Anderson
(Ten Speed Press)
Reference and Scholarship
Butchering Poultry, Rabbit, Lamb, Goat, and Pork: The Comprehensive Photographic Guide to Humane Slaughtering
and Butchering
Adam Danforth
(Storey Publishing)
Inventing Baby Food: Taste, Health, and the Industrialization of the American Diet
Amy Bentley
(University of California Press)
The Spice & Herb Bible (Third Edition)
Ian and Kate Hemphill
(Robert Rose)
Single Subject
Bitter: A Taste of the World's Most Dangerous Flavor, with Recipes
Jennifer McLagan
(Ten Speed Press)
Charcutería: The Soul of Spain
Jeffrey Weiss
(Agate Surrey)
Egg: A Culinary Exploration of the World's Most Versatile Ingredient
Michael Ruhlman
(Little, Brown and Company)
Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen: Celebrating the Art of Eating Well
Amy Chaplin
(Roost Books)
Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi
Yotam Ottolenghi
(Ten Speed Press)
Vegetarian Dinner Parties: 150 Meatless Meals Good Enough to Serve to Company
Mark Scarbrough and Bruce Weinstein
(Rodale Books)
Writing and Literature
The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food
Ted Genoways
(HarperCollins Publishers)
The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu
Dan Jurafsky
(W. W. Norton & Company)
The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food
Dan Barber
(Penguin Press)
2015 James Beard Foundation Broadcast and New Media Awards
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Podcast
Eat This Podcast
Host: Jeremy Cherfas
Producer: Jeremy Cherfas
Airs on: eatthispodcast.com
The Feed Podcast
Hosts: Rick Bayless and Steve Dolinsky
Producers: Matt Cunningham and Steve Dolinsky
Airs on: soundcloud.com/thefeedpodcast
Gravy
Host: Tina Antolini
Producers: Tina Antolini and the Southern Foodways Alliance
Airs on: southernfoodways.org/gravy
Radio Show/Audio Webcast
All Things Considered’s “Found Recipes”
Host: Melissa Block, Audie Cornish, and Robert Siegel
Producers: Julia Redpath Buckley, Serri Graslie, and Melissa Gray
Airs on: NPR
Hidden Kitchens World
Hosts: The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva)
Producer: The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva)
Airs on: NPR
Quick Bites
Host: Vivian Goodman
Producer: Vivian Goodman
Airs on: WKSU
Special/Documentary
A Film About Coffee
Director: Brandon Loper
Producers: Dalia Burde and Brandon Loper
Airs on: vimeo.com/ondemand/afilmaboutcoffee
Food Chains
Host: Forest Whitaker
Director: Sanjay Rawal
Producers: Hamilton Fish, Smriti Keshari, Eva Longoria, and Eric Schlosser
Airs: iTunes and Netflix
Hey Bartender
Host: Douglas Tirola
Producers: Susan Bedusa and Douglas Tirola
Airs on: Showtime
Television Program, In Studio or Fixed Location
Bobby Flay’s Barbecue Addiction
Host: Bobby Flay
Producers: Bobby Flay and Kim Martin
Airs on: Food Network
Martha Stewart’s Cooking School
Host: Martha Stewart
Producers: Greta Anthony, Kimberly Miller Olko, Martha Stewart, Calia Brencsons-Van Dyk, and Lisa Wagner
Airs On: PBS
Sara’s Weeknight Meals
Host: Sara Moulton
Producers: Natalie Gustafson, Adrienne Hammel, and Sara Moulton
Airs on: PBS
Television Program, On Location
Bizarre Foods
Host: Andrew Zimmern
Producers: Andrew Zimmern and Tremendous Entertainment
Airs on: Travel Channel
A Chef's Life
Host: Vivian Howard
Producers: Cynthia Hill, Vivian Howard, Ben Knight, Selena Lauterer, Malinda Maynor Lowery, and Rex Miller
Airs on: PBS
The Mind of a Chef
Host: Anthony Bourdain
Producers: Jared Andrukanis, Anthony Bourdain, Joe Caterini, Chris Collins, Michael Steed, and Lydia Tenaglia
Airs on: PBS
Television Segment
CBS This Morning’s “The Dish”
Host: Anthony Mason and Vinita Nair
Producers: Brian Applegate, Greg Mirman, and Marci Waldman
Airs on: CBS
The Hungry Hound
Host: Steve Dolinsky
Producer: Irit Nayden
Airs on: ABC 7 Chicago
WCCO This Morning’s “DeRusha Eats”
Host: Jason DeRusha
Producer: Jason DeRusha
Airs on: WCCO
Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
ChefSteps
Host: Grant Lee Crilly and Chris Young
Producer: Kristina Krug
Airs on: chefsteps.com
Thirsty For...
Producers: Jay Holzer and Eric Slatkin
Airs on: youtube.com/tastemade
You’re Eating It Wrong
Hosts: Dan Pashman
Producers: Joe T. Lin, Alex Lisowski, Fritz Manger, Justin Marshall, Max Osswald, Adam Silver, and Michael Singer
Airs on: cookingchanneltv.com/wrong
Video Webcast, On Location
food.curated
Host: Liza de Guia
Producer: Liza de Guia
Airs on: foodcurated.com
Kitchen Vignettes
Host: Aube Giroux
Producers: Aube Giroux
Airs on: pbs.org/food/blogs/kitchen-vignettes
The Perennial Plate: Africa and the Americas
Hosts: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
Producers: Mirra Fine and Daniel Klein
Airs on: theperennialplate.com
Visual and Technical Excellence
A Chef’s Life
Producers: Cynthia Hill, Vivian Howard, Ben Knight, Selena Lauterer, Malinda Maynor Lowery, and Rex Miller
Airs on: PBS
The Grill Iron
Producers: Jay Holzer, Gab Taraboulsy, and Clenét Verdi-Rose
Airs on: tastemade.com
Wall of Fire: A ChefSteps Story
Producer: Kristina Krug
Airs on: chefsteps.com
Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Vivian Howard
A Chef’s Life
Airs on: PBS
Host: Ina Garten
Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics
Airs on: Food Network
Host: Pete Evans
Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking
Airs on: PBS
2015 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
Dining and Travel
“Eating Well at the End of the Road”
Julia O'Malley
Eater
“How the Vikings Conquered Dinner”
Brett Martin
GQ
The India Issue
The Editors of Saveur
Saveur
Food and Culture
“The Lost Apples of the South”
Rowan Jacobsen and the Southern Living Test Kitchen
Southern Living
“The Toxic, Abusive, Addictive, Supportive, Codependent Relationship Between Chefs and Yelpers”
Rebecca Flint Marx
San Francisco Magazine
“What Happens When All-Star Chefs Get in Bed with Big Food?”
Mike Sula
Chicago Reader
Food and Health
“Against the Grain”
Michael Specter
The New Yorker
“Bred to Perfection”
Ben Paynter
Wired
“The Wild World Within”
Gretel H. Schueller
EatingWell
Food-Related Columns
“David Chang’s Kitchen”
David Chang
GQ
“The Food Lab”
J. Kenji López-Alt
Serious Eats
“Unearthed”
Tamar Haspel
The Washington Post
Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
GQ
The Editors of GQ
Los Angeles Magazine
Lesley Bargar Suter
Roads & Kingdoms
The Editors of Roads & Kingdoms
San Francisco Chronicle
The “Food + Home” Staff
Food Politics, Policy, and the Environment
“California Goes Nuts”
Tom Philpott
Mother Jones
“Hungry for Savings,” “Save Money. Live Better,” “The Secret Life of a Food Stamp”
Krissy Clark
Slate/Marketplace
“The Quinoa Quarrel: Who Owns the World’s Greatest Superfood?”
Lisa M. Hamilton
Harper’s
Group Food Blog
First We Feast
Food52
Grub Street
Home Cooking
“Cabbage Craft”
Kathy Gunst
EatingWell
“Lunch al Desko”
Julia Kramer
Bon Appétit
“The Truth Behind Cookbook Recipes”
Julia Bainbridge
Yahoo! Food
Humor
“Giving & Thanking”
Ben Schott with the Bon Appétit Editors
Bon Appétit
“Goodbye to All That Sugar, Spice, and Fat”
Lisa Hanawalt
Lucky Peach
“Underfinger”
Chris Stang
The Infatuation
Individual Food Blog
Orangette
Molly Wizenberg
Poor Man’s Feast
Elissa Altman
Three Little Halves
Aleksandra Mojsilovic
Personal Essay
“Deus X-Mas China”
Lucas Peterson
Lucky Peach
“Life in Chains: Finding Home at Taco Bell”
John DeVore
Eater
“Requiem for a Fish Sandwich”
Rick Bragg
Garden and Gun
Profile
“Élite Meat”
Dana Goodyear
The New Yorker
“Jeremiah Tower's Invincible Armor of Pleasure”
John Birdsall
Eater
“The Leftovers: Paula Deen and the Martyrdom Industrial Complex”
Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Matter
Visual Storytelling
“Food52's Guide to Thanksgiving”
Ryan Hamilton, Michael Hoffman, Timothy McSweeney, Ryan Merrill, and James Ransom
Food52
“Le Kale Project”
Caitlin Riley
Dark Rye
“Make”
Gillian Duffy
New York
Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages
“In New Orleans, Terrific Cocktails Never Went out of Fashion”
M. Carrie Allan
The Washington Post
“Into the Vines”
Gabrielle Hamilton
AFAR
“OMFG it's the PSL!”
Allecia Vermillion
Seattle Met
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
“Abe Fisher,” “Mole Poblano,” “Volvér Lays It on Thick”
Craig LaBan
The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Artisanal-Everything Roberta's Defies the Stereotypes” “Once an Icon, Per Se is Showing its Age,” “Six Reasons
Why Cosme is One of NYC's Most Relevant New Restaurants”
Ryan Sutton
Eater
“Bollywood Theater's Spicy Sequel in Southeast,” ”Charting the Rise of Portland's Hottest UnRestaurants,” “How I
Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Måurice"
Karen Brooks
Portland Monthly
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
“Fixed Menu”
Kevin Pang
Lucky Peach
“Life in Chains: Finding Home at Taco Bell”
John DeVore
Eater
“That Fish Cray”
Adam Gollner
Lucky Peach