James Beard Awards 2010 winners announced
Winners were announced Monday evening, May 3, 2010, at the annual 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries.
During a ceremony hosted by Lidia Bastianich, Alton Brown and Wolfgang Puck at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, awards in the Restaurant and Chef and the Design and Graphics categories were presented, as well as a number of special achievement awards including Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America, America’s Classics, Lifetime Achievement, and Humanitarian of the Year.
Winners of the Foundation’s Book, Broadcast Media and Journalism awards categories were presented the evening before, on Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the annual Media & Book Awards dinner at Espace in New York City, hosted by Kelly Choi of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters and Andrew Zimmern of the Travel Channel’s Bizarre Foods. A complete list of all award-winners can be found on www.JBFAwards.com.
James Beard Awards 2010 winners
Outstanding Chef: Tom Colicchio (Craft, NYC)
Outstanding Restaurant: Daniel (NYC, Chef/Owner: Daniel Boulud, Owner: Joel Smilow)
Rising Star Chef: Timothy Hollingsworth (The French Laundry, Yountville, CA)
Best New Restaurant: Marea (NYC, Chef/Partner: Michael White, Partner: Chris Cannon)
In addition, special achievement award honorees included:
Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America: Leah Chase (Chef/Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant, New Orleans, LA); Jessica B. Harris (Author and Historian, CA); Paul C.P. McIlhenny (President/CEO, McIlhenny Company, Avery Island, LA); David Rockwell (Founder/CEO, Rockwell Group, New York, NY); L. Timothy Ryan (President, Culinary Institute of America, New York, NY); Susan Spicer (Chef/Owner, Bayona, New Orleans, LA)
America’s Classics: Al’s French Frys (owners: Bill Bissonette and Lee Bissonette, South Burlington, VT); The Bright Star (Owners: Jimmy Koikos and Nicky Koikos, Bessemer, AL); Calumet Fisheries (Owners: The Kotlick and Toll Families, Chicago, IL); Gustavus Inn (Owners: JoAnn and David Lesh, Gustavus, AK); Mary & Tito’s Cafe (Owners: Mary Gonzales and Antoinette Knight, Albuquerque, NM)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ariane and Michael Batterberry (Founders, Food & Wine and Food Arts)
Humanitarian of the Year: Wayne Kostroski (Founder, Taste of the NFL)
The Book, Broadcast Media and Journalism awards categories were presented on Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the annual Media & Book Awards dinner at Espace in New York City. Highlights included:
Cookbook of the Year: The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews (Chronicle Books)
Cookbook Hall of Fame: A Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: Francine Prose, Saveur, “Faith and Bacon”
Television Show, In Studio or Fixed Location: French Food at Home with Laura Calder, Host: Laura Calder, Network: Food Network Canada, Producer: Johanna Eliot
Television Show, On Location: Chefs A’ Field: King of Alaska, Host: Rick Moonen, Network: PBS, Producers: Heidi Hanson and Chris Warner
TV Food Personality: Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern, Network: The Travel Channel
Newspaper Food Section: The Washington Post, Joe Yonan
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Reviews: Jonathan Gold, LA Weekly, “Sauced,” “Hot Birria, Cold Cerveza,” “Hare Today”
Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant, or Nutrition: Chow.com, Jane Goldman
Food Blog: Serious Eats, Ed Levine, Seriouseats.com
