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The James Beard Awards for 2014 have now been given with a host of American chefs and restaurants receiving accolades from what is widely accepted as the Oscars of food.
On top of awards for Outstanding chef and Outstanding Pastry Chef of the year, there was also an exciting Rising Culinary Star award which was shared by Jimmy Bannos Jr. and Blaine Wetzel.
The Outstanding Restaurant award was given to The Slanted Door in San Francisco, Best New Restaurant went to Pêche Seafood Grill in New Orleans, and The Restaurant at Meadowood in California was received the prize for Outstanding Service.
The James Beard Awards covers the entire restaurant spectrum across America with prizes given for wine, food, design, service and even Humanitarian of the Year.
Below you can see the full list of James Beard Award winners for 2014 and here’s a great interview with the President of the James Beard Foundation, Susan Ungaro, including some great videos with all of this year’s Rising Culinary Star nominees.
Rising Star Chef of the Year
TIE - Jimmy Bannos Jr. The Purple Pig and Blaine Wetzel, The Willows Inn.
Outstanding Bar Program
The Bar at the NoMad Hotel, New York City
Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional
Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
Outstanding Wine Program
The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN
Best Chef: Great Lakes
Dave Beran, Next, Chicago
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Vikram Sunderam, Rasika, Washington, D.C.
Best Chef: Midwest
Justin Aprahamian, Sanford, Milwaukee, WI
Best Chef: New York City
April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig, NYC
Best Chef: Northwest
Naomi Pomeroy, Beast, Portland, OR
Best Chef: West
Daniel Patterson, Coi, San Francisco
Best Chef: Northeast
Jamie Bissonnette, Coppa, Boston
Best Chef: South
TIE - Ryan Prewitt, Pêche Seafood Grill, New Orleans and Sue Zemanick, Gautreau's, New Orleans
Best Chef: Southeast
Ashley Christensen, Poole's Downtown Diner, Raleigh, NC
Best Chef: Southwest
Chris Shepherd, Underbelly, Houston TX
Restaurant Design: 75 Seats and Under
Grace, Lawton Stanley Architects, Chicago
Restaurant Design: 76 Seats and Over
Shed, Jensen Architects, Healdsburg, CA
2013 Who's Who Inductees
Edward Behr, John Besh, David Chang, Barry Estabrook, Paul Kahan, Sherry Yard
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sirio Maccioni, Le Cirque, NYC
Humanitarian of the Year
Matt Haley (Philanthropist and Restaurateur), Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Outstanding Pastry Chef
Dominique Ansel, Dominique Ansel Bakery, NYC
Best New Restaurant
Pêche Seafood Grill, New Orleans
Outstanding Service
The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena, CA
Outstanding Restaurateur
Barbara Lynch, Barbara Lynch Gruppo, Boston
Outstanding Restaurant
The Slanted Door, San Francisco
Outstanding Chef
Nancy Silverton, Pizzeria Mozza, LA
America's Classics
Hansen's Sno Bliz, New Orleans
Nick's Italian Café, McMinnvile, OR
Onleyville New York System, Providence, RI
Perini Ranch Steakhouse, Buffalo Gap, TX
Sokolowski's University Inn, Cleveland, OH
