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On May 7, the James Beard
Foundation announced the winners
and special honorees for the 2007
James Beard Foundation Awards,
the nation's top honors for
culinary professionals. This
year, there were 62 award
categories for restaurants,
chefs, broadcasting, print
journalism, book authors, and
restaurant design. For more
information visit www.jamesbeard.org.
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Summary of Awards
Highlights:
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OUTSTANDING
RESTAURANT
presented by S.Pellegrino
Sparkling Natural Mineral
Water
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NOMINEES:
Boulevard Chef/Owners Nancy
Oakes and Pat Kuleto (San
Francisco)
Magnolia Grill Chef/Owners Ben
and Karen Barker (Durham, NC)
Picholine Chef/Owner Terrance
Brennan (New York)
Spiaggia Chef/Owner Tony
Mantuano and Owner Compass
Group
(Chicago)
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OUTSTANDING CHEF
presented by All-Clad
Metalcrafters,
LLC
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NOMINEES:
Tom
Colicchio,
Craft (New York)
Jean Joho,
Everest (Chicago)
Lee Hefter,
Spago (Beverly Hills)
Paul Kahan,
Blackbird
(Chicago)
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OUTSTANDING
RESTAURATEUR
presented by Waterford
Wedgwood
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NOMINEES:
Keith McNally,
Balthazar (New York)
Richard Melman,
Lettuce Entertain You
(Chicago)
Drew Nieporent,
Myriad Restaurant Group (New
York)
Jean-Georges
Vongerichten,
Jean Georges (New
York)
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NOMINEES:
A Voce, Chef Andrew Carmellini
(New York)
Cochon, Chefs/Owners Donald
Link and Stephen Stryjewski (New
Orleans)
CUT, Chef/Owner Wolfgang Puck
(Beverly Hills)
Restaurant Guy Savoy,
Chef/Owner Guy Savoy (Las
Vegas)
Momofuku Ssäm Bar, Chefs/Owners
David Chang and Joaquin Baca (New
York)
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Gayot Top 40 Restaurants in the
U.S.
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RISING STAR CHEF OF THE
YEAR
presented by Contessa Premium
Foods
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OUTSTANDING PASTRY
CHEF
presented by All-Clad
Metalcrafters,
LLC
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OUTSTANDING CHEF,
REGIONAL
presented by American
Express
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WINNERS:
GREAT
LAKES
Grant
Achatz
Alinea
Chicago, IL
MID-ATLANTIC
R.J. Cooper, III
Vidalia
Washington, DC
MID-WEST
Celina Tio
The American
Restaurant
Kansas City, MO
NEW YORK
CITY
David Waltuck
Chanterelle
New York, NY
NORTHEAST
Frank McClelland
L'Espalier
Boston, MA
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NORTHWEST
John
Sundstrom
Lark
Seattle, WA
PACIFIC
Traci Des Jardins
Jardinière
San Francisco, CA
SOUTH
Donald Link
Herbsaint
New Orleans, LA
SOUTHEAST
Scott Peacock
Watershed
Decatur, GA
SOUTHWEST
Nobuo Fukuda
Sea Saw
Scottsdale, AZ
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WINNER:
Rick Tramonto, Gale Gand
and Richard Melman,
Tru
(Chicago)
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OUTSTANDING WINE
SERVICE
presented by Waterford
Wedgwood
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OUTSTANDING WINE AND
SPIRITS
PROFESSIONAL
presented by Waterford
Wedgwood
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WINNER:
Paul Draper, Ridge
Vineyards (Cupertino,
CA)
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NOMINEES:
Dale DeGroff, King
Cocktail (New York)
Dan Duckhorn,
Duckhorn Vineyards (St.
Helena)
Helen Turley, HTM
Consultants/Marcassin Winery
(Calistoga, CA)
Terry Theise,
Terry Theise Estate Selections
(Silver Springs, MD)
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Gayot Rising Chefs
Rising Chefs of France
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Over the years, we have been electing restaurants to be on GAYOT's Yearly Restaurant Awards.
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