The James Beard Awards are the Oscars of the restaurant world. The semi-finalists were announced today.
Here are some of the Atlanta and Chicago people/spots in the running:
Outstanding Restaurateur
- Pano Karatassos, Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, Atlanta
- Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Chicago
Outstanding Chef
- Jean Joho, Everest, Chicago
- Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Chicago
- Scott Peacock, Watershed, Decatur, GA
- Anne Quatrano, Bacchanalia, Atlanta
Outstanding Restaurant
- Bacchanalia, Atlanta
- Blackbird, Chicago
- Everest, Chicago
Best New Restaurant
- Holeman and Finch Public House, Atlanta
- L2O, Chicago
Rising Star Chef of the Year
- Kevin Gillespie, Woodfire Grill, Atlanta
Outstanding Pastry Chef
- Jimmy MacMillan, Avenues at the Peninsula Chicago
- Aaron Russell, The Chocolate Bar, Decatur, GA
- Mindy Segal, Mindy’s HotChocolate, Chicago
Outstanding Wine Service
- Avenues at the Peninsula Chicago
- Bin 36, Chicago
Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional
- Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head, Milton, DE (I just love this brewery)
Outstanding Service
- The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta
- Spiaggia, Chicago
Best Chef (done regionally)
- Suzy Crofton, Crofton on Wells, Chicago
- Christophe David, Nomi at Park Hyatt Chicago
- Curtis Duffy, Avenues at the Peninsula Chicago
- Kendal Duque, Sepia, Chicago
- Koren Grieveson, Avec, Chicago
- Michael Maddox, Le Titi De Paris, Arlington Heights, IL
- Martial Noguier, Café des Architectes at Sofitel Chicago Water Tower, Chicago
- Arun Sampanthavivat, Arun’s, Chicago
- Bruce Sherman, North Pond, Chicago
- Giuseppe Tentori, Boka, Chicago
- Arnaud Berthelier, The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta
- Linton Hopkins, Restaurant Eugene, Atlanta
- Hector Santiago, Pura Vida, Atlanta
Complete list can be found here.
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