2010 James Beard Foundation Awards

Date: Monday, May 3, 2010

Location: Lincoln Center, New York

Hosts: Lidia Mattichio Bastianich, Alton Brown and Wolfgang Puck.

Highlights:

• Best New Restaurant = Marea (NYC)
• Outstanding Chef Award = Tom Collicchio of Craft (NYC)
• Outstanding Pastry Chef Award = Nicole Plue of Redd (Yountville, CA)
• Outstanding Restaurant Award = Daniel (NYC)
• Outstanding Restauranteur Award = Keith NcNally (Balthazar, Lucky Strike, Pastsis, Minetta Tavern, Morandi, Pravada, Schiller's Liquor Bar)
• Outstanding Service Award = Alinea (Chicago)
• Outstanding Wine Service = Jean Georges (NYC)
• Rising Star Chef of the Year Award = Timothy Hollingsworth of The French Laundry (Yountville, CA)
• Best Chef in Pacific-America = David Kinch of Manresa (Los Gatos, CA)
• Best Chef in Northwest-America = Jason Wilson of Crush (Seattle)
• Cookbook of the Year = The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews
• Best General Cooking Cookbook = Ad Hoc at Home by Thomas Keller with Dave Cruz
• Best American Cooking Cookbook = Real Cajun by Donald Link with Paula Disbrowe
• Best TV Food Personality = Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern on The Travel Channel
• Best Food Blog = Serious Eats by Ed Levine (http://www.seriouseats.com/)
• Best Newspaper Food Section = The Washington Post

..obviously they have not read my food blog :)