The James Beard Foundation Awards were established in 1990 and are often called "The Oscars of Food." Held on the first weekend in May, the Awards honor the finest chefs, restaurants, wine professionals, journalists, cookbook authors, restaurant designers, and other food professionals in the United States. The awards are voted on by more than 600 culinary professionals. Recipients receive a bronze medallion etched with the image of the late James Beard

James Beard

James Andrew Beard was an American chef and food writer. The central figure in the story of the establishment of a gourmet American food identity, Beard was an eccentric personality who brought French cooking to the American middle and upper classes in the 1950s...

 and a certificate from the Foundation.

The foundation also administers the Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America awards.

2011 winners

• Chef: Jose Andres
  José Andrés
  José Ramón Andrés Puerta , known as José Andrés, is a Spanish chef often credited for bringing the small plates dining concept to America...
  
  , Minibar, Washington, DC
• Rising Star Chef of the Year: Gabriel Rucker, Le Pigeon, Portland, OR
• Restaurant: Eleven Madison Park, New York
• New Restaurant: ABC Kitchen, New York
• Restaurateur: Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
• Pastry Chef: Angela Pinkerton, Eleven Madison Park, New York
• Wine Service: The Modern, New York
• Wine and Spirits Professional: Julian Van Winkle III, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Louisville, KY
• Service: Per Se, New York
• Great Lakes Chef: Alex Young, Zingerman’s Roadhouse, Ann Arbor, MI
• Mid-Atlantic Chef: Michael Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia, PA
• Midwest Chef: Isaac Becker, 112 Eatery, Minneapolis, MN
• New York City Chef: Gabrielle Hamilton, Prune
• Northeast Chef: Tony Maws, Craigie On Main, Cambridge, MA
• Northwest Chef: Andy Ricker, Pok Pok, Portland, OR
• Pacific Chef: Michael Tusk, Quince, San Francisco, CA
• Southeast Chef: Andrea Reusing, Lantern, Chapel Hill, NC
• Southwest Chef: TIE Saipin Chutima, Lotus of Siam, Las Vegas and Tyson Cole
  Tyson Cole
  Tyson Cole is a chef and restaurateur based in Austin, Texas, USA.The culinary talents of chef and sushi master Tyson Cole are showcased at two Austin, Texas restaurants: award-winning “siblings,” Uchi and Uchiko...
  
  , Uchi, Austin, TX
• South Chef: Stephen Stryjewski, Cochon, New Orleans, LA
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Kevin Zraly
• Reference & Scholarship Cookbook: Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes
  Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes
  Salted: A Manifesto on the World's Most Essential Mineral, with Recipes is a reference book and cookbook written by food writer Mark Bitterman. In May 2011 Salted won the James Beard Foundation Award for Reference and Scholarship Cookbook...
  
   by Mark Bitterman
  Mark Bitterman
  Mark Bitterman is an American food writer and entrepreneur. With his wife Jennifer Turner Bitterman he is co-owner of The Meadow, a boutique that specializes in finishing salts, single-origin dark chocolate bars, bitters, and gourmet accoutrements...
  
  

2010 winners

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• Chef: Tom Colicchio
  Tom Colicchio
  Thomas Patrick "Tom" Colicchio is an American celebrity chef. He co-founded the Gramercy Tavern in New York City, and formerly served as a co-owner and as the executive chef. He is also the founder of Craft and Colicchio & Sons restaurants...
  
  , Craft, New York
• Rising Star Chef of the Year: Timothy Hollingsworth
  Timothy Hollingsworth
  Timothy Hollingsworth is an American chef and current Chef de Cuisine at Thomas Keller’s restaurant French Laundry in the Napa Valley. Hollingsworth represented the United States at the Bocuse d'Or world final in 2009, after winning the Bocuse d'Or USA semi-finals, held at Epcot in September...
  
  , The French Laundry, Yountville, CA
• Restaurant: Daniel, Chef/Owner: Daniel Boulud
  Daniel Boulud
  Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Montreal, Beijing, and Singapore...
  
  , New York
• New Restaurant: Marea, Chef/Partners: Michael White and Chris Cannon, New York
• Restaurateur: Keith McNally
  Keith McNally
  Keith McNally is a restaurateur in New York City. The New York Times has referred to him as "The Restaurateur Who Invented Downtown." McNally has been active in the New York City restaurant scene for 30 years...
  
  , Balthazar, Lucky Strike, Minetta Tavern, Morandi, Pastis, Pravda, and Schiller's Liquor Bar, New York
• Pastry Chef: Nicole Plue, Redd, Yountville, CA
• Wine Service: Jean Georges, Wine Director: Bernard Sun, New York
• Wine and Spirits Professional: John Shafer and Doug Shafer, Shafer Vineyards, Napa, CA
• Service: Alinea, Chef/Owner: Grant Achatz, Chicago
• Great Lakes Chef: Koren Grieveson, Avec, Chicago
• Mid-Atlantic Chef: Jeff Michaud, Osteria, Philadelphia
• Midwest Chef: Alexander Roberts, Restaurant Alma, Minneapolis
• New York City Chef: Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park
• Northeast Chef: Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier, Arrows, Ogunquit, ME
• Northwest Chef: Jason Wilson, Crush, Seattle
• Pacific Chef: David Kinch, Manresa, Los Gatos, CA
• Southeast Chef: Sean Brock, McCrady's, Charleston, SC
• Southwest Chef: Claude Le Tohic, Joël Robuchon, Las Vegas
• South Chef: Michael Schwartz, Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, Miami
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Ariane and Michael Batterberry, Founders, Food & Wine and Food Arts
• Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location: French Food at Home
  French Food at Home
  French Food at Home is a James Beard Foundation Award winning cooking show presented by Laura Calder. It is filmed in Halifax, Nova Scotia and airs on Food Network Canada, the Asian Food Channel, and the Cooking Channel....
  
   with Laura Calder; Host: Laura Calder
  Laura Calder
  Laura Calder vthe host of the James Beard Award-winning series French Food at Home, airing on Food Network Canada, Cooking Channel U.S.A. and internationally. She is also a judge on Recipe to Riches, airing fall 2011 on Food Network Canada, and has been a guest judge on both Top Chef Canada and...
  
  ; Network: Food Network Canada
  Food Network Canada
  Food Network is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel with programming related to food, cooking, cuisine, and the food industry. Food Network is a joint venture between Shaw Media, Corus Entertainment, and Scripps Networks Interactive....
  
  

2009 winners

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• Chef: Dan Barber
  Dan Barber
  Dan Barber is a chef and owner of several restaurants including Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York. He is a 1992 graduate of Tufts University with a B.A. in English.- Achievements :...
  
  , Blue Hill, New York
• Rising Star Chef of the Year: Nate Appleman, A16, San Francisco
• Restaurant: Jean Georges, Chef/Owners: Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Phil Suarez, New York
• New Restaurant: Momofuku Ko, Chef/Owners: David Chang
  David Chang
  David Chang is a noted Korean-American chef. He is chef/owner of the Momofuku restaurant group, which includes Momofuku Noodle Bar, Momofuku Ssäm Bar, Má Pêche, Milk Bar and Momofuku Ko in New York City, the latter for which he was awarded two Michelin stars in 2009, and Momofuku Seiōbo in...
  
   and Peter Serpico, New York
• Restaurateur: Drew Nieporent, Myriad Restaurant Group, New York
• Pastry Chef: Gina DePalma, Babbo, New York
• Wine Service: Aldo Sohm, Le Bernardin, New York
• Wine and Spirits Professional: Dale DeGroff, Dale DeGroff Co., New York
• Service: Daniel, Owner: Daniel Boulud
  Daniel Boulud
  Daniel Boulud is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Montreal, Beijing, and Singapore...
  
  , New York
• Great Lakes Chef: Michael Symon
  Michael Symon
  Michael D. Symon is a James Beard Foundation Award-winning American chef, restaurateur, television personality, and author. He is seen regularly on Food Network on shows such as Iron Chef America, Food Feuds, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate, as well as Cook Like an Iron Chef on the Cooking Channel...
  
  , Lola, Cleveland, OH
• Mid-Atlantic Chef: Jose Garces
  Jose Garces
  Jose Garces is an Ecuadorian American chef, restaurant owner, and Iron Chef. He was born in Chicago to Ecuadorian parents. He won in the second season of The Next Iron Chef....
  
  , Amada, Philadelphia, PA
• Midwest Chef: Tim McKee, La Belle Vie, Minneapolis, MN
• New York City Chef: Gabriel Kreuther, The Modern
• Northeast Chef: Rob Evans, Hugo's, Portland, ME
• Northwest Chef: Maria Hines, Tilth, Seattle, WA
• Pacific Chef: Douglas Keane, Cyrus, Healdsburg, CA
• Southeast Chef: Mike Lata, Fig, Charleston, SC
• Southwest Chef: Paul Bartolotta, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, Las Vegas, NV
• South Chef: John Currence, City Grocery, Oxford, MS
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Ella Brennan
• Newspaper or Magazine: Adam Platt, New York Magazine

2008 winners

• Chef: Grant Achatz, Alinea, Chicago
• Rising Star Chef of the Year: Gavin Kaysen, Café Boulud, New York
• Restaurant: Gramercy Tavern, Chef/Owner: Danny Meyer and John Schaefer, New York
• New Restaurant: Central Michel Richard, Chef/Owner: Michel Richard, Washington, D.C.
• Restaurateur: Mario Batali
  Mario Batali
  Mario Batali is an American chef, writer, restaurateur and media personality. In addition to his classical culinary training, he is an expert on the history and culture of Italian cuisine, including regional and local variations. Batali co-owns restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles,...
  
   and Joe Bastianich, Babbo Ristorante, New York
• Pastry Chef: Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson, Tartine Bakery, San Francisco
• Wine Service: John Ragan, Eleven Madison Park, New York
• Wine and Spirits Professional: Terry Theise, Terry Theise Estate Selections, Silver Spring, MD
• Service: Hiro Sone and Lisa Doumani, Terra, Helena, CA
• Great Lakes Chef: Carrie Nahabedian, Naha, Chicago
• Mid-Atlantic Chef: Eric Ziebold, CityZen, Washington, D.C.
• Midwest Chef: Adam Siegel, Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro, Milwaukee, WI
• New York City Chef: David Chang, Momofuku Ssäm Bar
• Northeast Chef: Patrick Conelly, Radius, Boston
• Northwest Chef: Holly Smith, Café Juanita, Kirkland, WA
• Pacific Chef: Craig Stoll, Delfina, San Francisco
• Southeast Chef: Robert Stehling, Hominy Grill, Charleston, SC
• Southwest Chef: Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder, CO
• South Chef: Michelle Bernstein
  Michelle Bernstein
  Michelle Bernstein is a James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef from Miami, Florida, known for her Latin-style flavors of cooking.-Biography:...
  
  , Michy's, Miami
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Fritz Maytag
• Newspaper or Magazine: Brad A. Johnson, Modern Luxury

2007 winners

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More than 1,600 people attended the 2007 awards reception at New York's Lincoln Center.

• Chef: Michel Richard
  Michel Richard
  Michel Richard is a French-born chef, and is formerly the owner of the restaurant Citrus in Los Angeles. He currently owns the award-winning restaurant, Citronelle in Georgetown and Carmel, and Central in Las Vegas, NV and Washington, D.C.-Biography:...
  
  , Michel Richard Citronelle
  Michel Richard Citronelle
  Michel Richard Citronelle is an American restaurant located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. in the Latham Hotel. The chef and owner of Michel Richard Citronelle is Michel Richard, who received a James Beard Foundation Award in 2007 for Outstanding Chef....
  
  , Washington, DC
• Rising Star Chef of the Year: David Chang (chef), Momofuku Noodle Bar, New York
• Restaurant: Frontera Grill
  Frontera Grill
  Frontera Grill is a Mexican restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by Rick Bayless. It opened in January 1987 and is located at 445 N. Clark Street in Chicago's River North neighborhood....
  
  , Chef/Owner: Rick Bayless
  Rick Bayless
  Rick Bayless is an American chef who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is perhaps best known for his PBS series Mexico: One Plate at a Time....
  
   and Deann Bayless, Chicago
• New Restaurant: L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, Chef/Owner: Joël Robuchon
  Joël Robuchon
  Joël Robuchon is a French chef and restaurateur. He was titled "Chef of the Century" by the guide Gault Millau in 1989 and also awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier de France in cuisine in 1976...
  
  , New York
• Restaurateur: Thomas Keller
  Thomas Keller
  Thomas Keller is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark Napa Valley restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996, and the Best Chef in America in 1997...
  
  , The French Laundry, Yountville, CA
• Pastry Chef: Michael Laiskonis, Le Bernardin
  Le Bernardin
  Le Bernardin is a Michelin Guide three star, Zagat-rated restaurant in New York City. It was started in 1972 in Paris by Gilbert and Maguy le Coze and moved to New York in 1986....
  
  , New York
• Wine Service: Mark Slater, Michel Richard Citronelle, Washington, D.C.
• Wine and Spirits Professional: Paul Draper, Ridge Vineyards
  Ridge Vineyards
  Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines. Ridge produces wine at two winery locations in northern California...
  
  , Cupertino, CA
• Service: Rick Tramonto
  Rick Tramonto
  Richard Michael "Rick" Tramonto is a Chicago chef and cookbook author. He is executive chef and partner in Tru, a contemporary fine-dining restaurant from Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises.-Biography:...
  
  , Gale Gand, and Richard Melman, Tru, Chicago
• Great Lakes Chef: Grant Achatz
  Grant Achatz
  Grant Achatz is an American chef and restaurateur often identified as one of the leaders in molecular gastronomy or progressive cuisine...
  
  , Chicago
• Mid-Atlantic Chef: R.J. Cooper III, Vidalia, and Frank Ruta, Palena, both in Washington, D.C.
• Midwest Chef: Celina Tio, The American Restaurant, Kansas City, MO
• New York City Chef: David Waltuck, Chanterelle
• Northeast Chef: James McClelland, L'Espalier, Boston
• Northwest Chef: John Sundstrom, Lark, Seattle
• Pacific Chef: Traci Des Jardins
  Traci Des Jardins
  Traci Des Jardins is an American chef and restaurateur who co-owns Jardinière, a French influenced California fine-dining restaurant in the Hayes Valley neighborhood of San Francisco, California; chef/partner of Public House, a sports pub serving local, sustainable classic pub food near AT&T Park;...
  
  , Jardinière, San Francisco
• Southeast Chef: Scott Peacock, Watershed, Decatur, GA
• Southwest Chef: Nobuo Fukuda, Sea Saw, Scottsdale, AZ
• South Chef: Donald Link, Herbsaint, New Orleans
• Newspaper or Magazine: Rebekah Denn, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

2006 winners

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• Newspaper: Jonathan Gold
  Jonathan Gold
  Jonathan Gold is a food critic who currently writes for LA Weekly and used to write for Gourmet magazine. In 2007 he became the first such critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. He is also a regular on KCRW's Good Food radio program....
  
  , LA Weekly
• Magazine: Patric Kuh, Los Angeles Magazine

2005 winners

(Source)

• Newspaper: Jonathan Gold
  Jonathan Gold
  Jonathan Gold is a food critic who currently writes for LA Weekly and used to write for Gourmet magazine. In 2007 he became the first such critic to win the Pulitzer Prize. He is also a regular on KCRW's Good Food radio program....
  
  , LA Weekly
• Magazine: Alan Richman
  Alan Richman
  Alan Richman is an American journalist and food writer. He is perhaps best known as a food correspondent for GQ magazine, and has won 14 James Beard Foundation Award for journalism .-Early life and education:...
  
  , GQ

2004 winners

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• Newspaper: Alison Cook Houston Chronicle
• Magazine: Alan Richman
  Alan Richman
  Alan Richman is an American journalist and food writer. He is perhaps best known as a food correspondent for GQ magazine, and has won 14 James Beard Foundation Award for journalism .-Early life and education:...
  
  , GQ

2003 winners

(Source)

• Newspaper: Jason Sheehan, Westword
• Magazine: Tanya Wenman, Bon Appétit

America's Classics

Although the awards tend to focus on upscale dining in large cities, since 1998 there has been an "America's Classics" category which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country. The "America's Classics" winners routinely draw the biggest applause of the night at the awards ceremony. Past winners are:
1998
Durgin-Park, Boston, MA

Second Avenue Deli

Second Avenue Deli

The Second Avenue Deli is a certified-kosher delicatessen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.It relocated to 162 East 33rd Street in December 2007...

, New York, NY (Was closed at one point)

Doris & Ed's, Highlands, NJ

Original Stroud's, Kansas City, MO

Joe's Stone Crab, Miami Beach, FLA

Joe T. Garcia's, Ft. Worth, TX

Tadich Grill, San Francisco, CA

Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar, Seattle, WA

1999
The Berghoff, Chicago, IL (was closed, but re-opened)

Café Pasqual's, Santa Fe, NM

Doumar's Cones and BBQ

Doumar's Cones and BBQ

Doumar's Cones and BBQ is a restaurant located at 1919 Monticello Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia. Originally an ice cream business at the Ocean View Amusement Park, the creator, Abe Doumar, is regarded as having created the world's first ice cream cone....

, Norfolk, VA

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, known locally as Pepe's, is a popular pizza restaurant in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut at 163 Wooster Street. Opened in 1925, it is one of the oldest and best known pizzerias in the United States.-Frank Pepe:Pepe's was founded in 1925 by...

, New Haven, CT

Mosca's

Mosca's

Mosca's is a Louisiana Creole Italian restaurant in Avondale, Louisiana, near New Orleans. Operated by the same family since it opened in 1946, it has long been regarded as one of New Orleans' best restaurants, known for dishes such as Oysters Mosca, crab salad, and Chicken a la...

, Avondale, LA.

The Original Pancake House

The Original Pancake House

The Original Pancake House is a chain of pancake houses across the United States. It follows traditional recipes and ingredients for their pancakes, but they have other breakfast items on their menu as well.-History:...

, Portland, OR

Philippe the Original

Philippe's

Philippe's, or "Phillippe the Original", is a restaurant located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The restaurant is well known for continuously operating since 1908, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles. It is also renowned for claiming to be the inventor of the French Dip...

, Los Angeles, CA

The Oyster Bar at Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal —often incorrectly called Grand Central Station, or shortened to simply Grand Central—is a terminal station at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States...

, New York, NY

2000
Camp Washington Chili

Camp Washington Chili

Camp Washington Chili is a Cincinnati chili parlor founded in 1940 by Steve Andon and Fred Zannbus in the neighborhood of Camp Washington, near downtown Cincinnati, in southwestern Ohio. A well known Cincinnati landmark, the parlor is located at 3005 Colerain Avenue and the current owner is John...

, in Camp Washington, Cincinnati

Camp Washington, Cincinnati

Camp Washington is a residential neighborhood located in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, home to the award-winning Cincinnati chili parlor, Camp Washington Chili...

, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

.

Helena Hawaiian Foods, Oahu HI

Mario's, Bronx, NY

Moosewood Restaurant

Moosewood Restaurant

Moosewood Restaurant is a restaurant that was founded by Mollie Katzen and others in 1973 in downtown Ithaca, New York. Moosewood is located on the first floor of the Dewitt Mall building, which is a converted high school....

, Ithaca, NY

Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room, Savannah, GA

The Original Sonny Bryan's

Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse

Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse is a well-known BBQ restaurant in Dallas, Texas. It has nine locations in the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex . Sonny Bryan's also has one of the largest catering companies in DFW. The restaurant was awarded with a James Beard Foundation Award in 2000....

, Dallas, TX

White House Sub Shop, Atlantic City, NJ

Swan Oyster Depot, San Francisco, CA

2001
Versailles, Miami, FL

Waterman’s Beach Lobster, South Thomaston, ME

H&H Carwash & Restaurant, El Paso, TX

Langer’s Deli & Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA

2002
Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, WA

Marconi's, Baltimore, MD (Now closed)

Three Brothers Serbian Restaurant, Milwaukee, WI

Peter Luger Steak House, Brooklyn, NY

2003
Duarte's Tavern, Pescadero, CA

Anchor Bar, Buffalo, NY

The Skylight Inn, Ayden, NC

Lexington #1, Lexington, NC

The Shed, Santa Fe, NM

2004
Sam Choy's Kaloko, Kailua-Kona, HI

The Prime-Burger, New York, NY

Ben's Chili Bowl, Washington DC

Al's Breakfast

Al's Breakfast

At a width of ten feet , Al's Breakfast is reportedly the narrowest restaurant in the city of Minneapolis. Al's Breakfast is crammed into a former alleyway between two much larger buildings and is located in the city's Dinkytown neighborhood near the University of Minnesota...

, Minneapolis, MN


2005
Yuca’s, Los Angeles, CA

Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe

Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe

Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe is a restaurant located in Boston's South End that is known for serving African-American jazz musicians during the era of segregated hotels, The walls of the diner are adorned with pictures of customers ranging from Sammy Davis, Jr. to Vice President Al Gore...

, Boston, MA

Willie Mae’s Scotch House, New Orleans, LA

El Chorro Lodge, Paradise Valley, AZ

2006
Barney Greengrass

Barney Greengrass

Barney Greengrass is a restaurant and appetizing store on the Upper West Side of Manhattan that was started in 1908. They specialize in sturgeon, Nova Scotia salmon, and whitefish. They were the winner of the 2006 James Beard Foundation Award for Excellence....

, New York, NY

Bowens Island Restaurant, Charleston, SC

Hamura's Saimin Stand, Kauai, HI

John's Roast Pork, Philadelphia, PA

Lagomarcino', Moline, IL

Louie Mueller BBQ, Taylor, TX

Polly's Pancake Parlor, Sugar Hill, NH

Taylor's Automatic Refresher, St. Helena, CA

2007
Primanti Brothers, Pittsburgh, PA

The Pickwick, Duluth, MN

Doe's Eat Place

Doe's Eat Place

Doe's Eat Place is a chain of restaurants in the United States that specializes in steaks, shrimp, and tamales.Doe's Eat Place was established in Greenville, Mississippi in 1941 by Dominick "Big Doe" Signa and his wife, Mamie. Doe's father moved to Greenville in 1903 and opened a grocery store in...

, Greenville, MS

Aunt Carrie's, Narragansett, RI

Brookville Hotel, Abilene, KS

Weaver D's, Athens, GA

2008
Bagaduce Lunch, Brooksville, ME

Jumbo’s, Miami, FL

Irma’s Restaurant Houston, TX

Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap, Chicago, IL

Maneki, Seattle, WA

2009
Breitbach's Country Dining, Sherrill, IA

Totonno's, Brooklyn, NY

Mustache Bill's Diner, Barnegat Light, NJ

Yank Sing, San Francisco, CA

Arnold's Country Kitchen, Nashville, TN

2010
Al's French Frys, South Burlington, VT

The Bright Star, Bessemer, AL

Calumet Fisheries, Chicago

Gustavus Inn, Gustavus, AK

Mary & Tito's Cafe, Albuquerque, NM

2011
Chef Vola's, Atlantic City, NJ

Crook's Corner, Chapel Hill, NC

Le Veau d'Or, New York, NY

Noriega Restaurant and Hotel, Bakersfield, CA

Watts Tea Shop, Milwaukee, WI

Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America

The "Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America" is an award presented to members of the food and beverage industry who have been "identified by his or her peers as having displayed remarkable talent and achievement."

The award were initially awarded by Cook’s Magazine (the predecessor to Cook's Illustrated

Cook's Illustrated

Cook's Illustrated is an American cooking magazine published by America's Test Kitchen in Brookline, Massachusetts, every two months. It accepts no advertising and is characterized by extensive recipe testing and detailed instructions; the magazine also conducts thorough evaluations of kitchen...

), which inaugurated the award in 1984; it has been administered by the James Beard Foundation since 1990.

2010 inductees

• Leah Chase
  Leah Chase
  Leah Chase is a New Orleans chef, author and television personality. A daughter of the same name is a professional singer; see Leah Chase ....
  
  , Chef/Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant, New Orleans, Louisiana
  New Orleans, Louisiana
  New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
  
  
• Jessica B. Harris, Author and Historian, New York, New York
• Paul C. P. McIlhenny, President and CEO, McIlhenny Company, Avery Island, Louisiana
  Avery Island, Louisiana
  Avery Island is a salt dome best known as the source of Tabasco sauce. Located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, it is about three miles inland from Vermilion Bay, which in turn opens onto the Gulf of Mexico...
  
  
• David Rockwell, Founder and CEO, Rockwell Group, New York, New York
• L. Timothy Ryan, President, Culinary Institute of America
  Culinary Institute of America
  The Culinary Institute of America is a non-profit culinary college located in Hyde Park USA, founded in 1946. The CIA also has branch campuses in St. Helena, California, and San Antonio, Texas, as well as a campus in Singapore. It is a not-for-profit academic institution of higher learning...
  
  , Hyde Park, New York
• Susan Spicer, Chef/Owner, Bayona, New Orleans, Louisiana

2009 inductees
David Burke

David Burke (chef)

David Burke is an American chef and restaurateur, who grew up in Hazlet, New Jersey.-Culinary education:David Burke was educated at the Culinary Institute of America...

John T. Edge

John T. Edge

John T. Edge is a food writer and commentator and the director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi, though he has no formal training or education in culinary arts...

Betty Fussell

Betty Fussell

Betty Harper Fussell is an American food writer. She authored The Story of Corn, an in-depth study of the plant as a crop, religion, and culture...

Dorothy Cann Hamilton

Dorothy Cann Hamilton

Dorothy Cann Hamilton is the Founder and CEO of The International Culinary Centers in New York and California, which houses The French Culinary Institute, The International Culinary Center School of Italian Studies, formerly known as The Italian Culinary Academy, and a new Bespoke Institute...

Clark Wolf

2008 inductees
Dan Barber

Dan Barber

Dan Barber is a chef and owner of several restaurants including Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York. He is a 1992 graduate of Tufts University with a B.A. in English.- Achievements :...

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Michael "Tony" Bourdain is an American chef, author and television personality. He is well known for his 2000 book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, and is the host of Travel Channel's culinary and cultural adventure program Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations.A...

Nancy Oakes

Russ Parsons

Russ Parsons

Russ Parsons is the food editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times. He has been writing about food for 25 years, including almost 20 years at The Times, where he has also been managing editor, and deputy editor...

Zanne Early Stewart

Steve Sullivan

External links

• JBF Awards from the James Beard Foundation
  James Beard Foundation
  The James Beard Foundation is a New York-based national professional non-profit organization named in honor of James Beard that serves to promote the culinary arts by honoring chefs, wine professionals, journalists, and cookbook authors at annual award ceremonies and providing scholarships and...
  
  website
• James Beard Awards website