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!
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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 âChipâ 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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