James Beard 2010 Restaurant & Chef Award Semifinalists are out... hello, Philly!

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James Beard 2010 Restaurant & Chef Award Semifinalists are out... hello, Philly!

POSTED: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 5:49 PM
Filed Under: Food News

The James Beard Foundation has just released their list of semifinalists for their 2010 Restaurant & Chef Awards, and hot damn, Philly is reppin' hard.

We cherry-picked our local men and women in white out of the master list (which you can see here) after the jump.

OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR

Stephen Starr, Starr Restaurant Organization, Philadelphia

OUTSTANDING CHEF

Marc Vetri, Vetri, Philadelphia

OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT

Vetri, Philadelphia

RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR

David Gilberg, Koo Zee Doo, Philadelphia

Charles “Chip” Roman, Blackfish, Conshohocken, PA

Lee Styer, Fond, Philadelphia

BEST NEW RESTAURANT

Bibou, Phila

Chifa, Philadelphia

Koo Zee Doo, Philadelphia

OUTSTANDING PASTRY CHEF

Carla Gonçalves, Koo Zee Doo, Philadelphia

Jessie Prawlucki, Fond, Philadelphia

OUTSTANDING WINE SERVICE

Tria, Philadelphia

OUTSTANDING WINE AND SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL

Michael McCaulley, Tria restaurants and Fermentation School, Philadelphia

Greg Moore, Moore Brothers Wine Company, Pennsauken, NJ, NYC, and Wilmington, DE

OUTSTANDING SERVICE

Fountain Restaurant at The Four Seasons, Philadelphia

Vetri, Philadelphia

BEST CHEF: MID-ATLANTIC

James Burke, James, Philadelphia

Pierre Calmels, Bibou, Philadelphia

Douglass Dick, Bona Terra, Sharpsburg, PA

Terence Feury, Fork, Philadelphia

David Gilberg, Koo Zee Doo, Philadelphia

Jeff Michaud, Osteria, Philadelphia

Konstantinos Pitsillides, Kanella, Philadelphia

Michael Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia


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