Chefs in tuxes: Philly represents at the James Beard Foundation Awards

Irritating called "the Oscars of the food world", the James Beard Foundation held their much-hyped Restaurant & Chef awards ceremony last night, May 3. Their journalism, book, broadcast and design awards were held May 2. Philadelphia was well-represented at last night's gala, with five local nominees in four major categories. After the jump, view our Philtered results. Our (local nominee) is in parenthesis, with the award and winner in bold. Best New Restaurant (Bibou) went to Marea in NYC, owned by Michael White and Chris Cannon. Outstanding Restaurateur (Stephen Starr) to Keith McNally for his string of hits: Balthazar, Minetta Tavern, Lucky Strike, Morandi, Pastis, Pravda and Schiller's Liquor Bar. Outstanding Service (Vetri) to Grant Achatz's Alinea in Chicago. Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (Michael Solomonov, Zahav; and Jeff Michaud; Osteria) MICHAUD TAKES IT! Congratulations to the chef, his family and the whole Vetri/Osteria/AmÃs crew. See all the nominees and winners for every category on James Beard Foundation Awards site. Sara Posted 2010-05-04 11:02:28

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Chefs in tuxes: Philly represents at the James Beard Foundation Awards

POSTED: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 2:23 PM

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Irritating called "the Oscars of the food world", the James Beard Foundation held their much-hyped Restaurant & Chef awards ceremony last night, May 3. Their journalism, book, broadcast and design awards were held May 2. Philadelphia was well-represented at last night's gala, with five local nominees in four major categories. After the jump, view our Philtered results. Our (local nominee) is in parenthesis, with the award and winner in bold. Best New Restaurant (Bibou) went to Marea in NYC, owned by Michael White and Chris Cannon. Outstanding Restaurateur (Stephen Starr) to Keith McNally for his string of hits: Balthazar, Minetta Tavern, Lucky Strike, Morandi, Pastis, Pravda and Schiller's Liquor Bar. Outstanding Service (Vetri) to Grant Achatz's Alinea in Chicago. Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (Michael Solomonov, Zahav; and Jeff Michaud; Osteria) MICHAUD TAKES IT! Congratulations to the chef, his family and the whole Vetri/Osteria/AmÃs crew. See all the nominees and winners for every category on James Beard Foundation Awards site.

Sara

Posted 2010-05-04 11:02:28

Congrats to Jeff Michaud and the great Vetri group!!!

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