March 24, 2008

Anthos, Ssäm Bar, among Beard Award nominees

The esteemed James Beard Foundation today put forth its best-of list for 2008. The following are merely the nominees, with the actual winners feted from June 6 through 8 here in NYC.

The awards cover chefs, restaurants and food writers across the United States, but here is the NY pick list:

Adour Alain Ducasse at the St. Regis - outstanding restaurant design
Anthos - best new restaurant
Babbo - outstanding restaurateur, outstanding pastry chef Gina DePalma
Blue Hill - outstanding chef Dan Barber
Café Boulud - rising star chef of the year Gavin Kaysen
Centovini - outstanding restaurant design
Eleven Madison Park - outstanding wine service
Gramercy Tavern - outstanding restaurant, best chef in NYC Michael Anthony
Jean-Georges - outstanding restaurateur, outstanding restaurant
La Grenouille - outstanding service
The Modern - best chef in NYC Gabriel Kreuther
Momofuku Ssäm Bar - best chef in NYC David Chang
Morimoto - outstanding restaurant design
P*ONG - outstanding pastry chef Pichet Ong
Picholine - best chef in NYC Terrance Brennan
WD-50 - best chef in NYC Wylie Dufresne

Nearby:
Cucharamama in Hoboken, NJ - Maricel Presilla, best chef Mid-Atlantic region

Dale DeGroff - Outstanding wine and spirits professional award

Also, the cookbook authors represent NYC quite well as well, including Brooklyn's own James Peterson with "Cooking," the New York Times' Mark Bittman (for his "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian.")

Earlier: Momofuku, L'Atelier, Le Bernardin nab James Beards

March 24, 2008 06:53 PM in Downtown, Drinkology, Foodology, Out of Manhattan, Upper East Side

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