2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Winners Announced
(firmenpresse) - NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/12 -- Winners were announced last week at the annual 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation's most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. During a ceremony hosted by chef and television personality Alton Brown 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. A complete list of all award winners can be found at the end of this release, as well as at .
Highlights from this year's list of winners include:
Daniel Humm (Eleven Madison Park, NYC)
Boulevard (San Francisco)
Christina Tosi (Momofuku Milk Bar, NYC)
Next (Chicago)
In addition, special achievement award honorees included:
Grant Achatz (Chef and Author, Chicago); Mark Bittman (Journalist and Author, NYC); Dana Cowin (Editor and Journalist, NYC); Emily Luchetti (Pastry Chef and Author, San Francisco); Marvin Shanken (Publisher, NYC)
The Fry Bread House (Owner: Cecelia Miller, Phoenix); Nora's Fish Creek Inn (Owners: Nora Tygum, Trace Tygum, and Kathryn Tygum Taylor, Wilson, WY); St. Elmo Steak House (Owners: Stephen Huse and Craig Huse, Indianapolis); Jones Bar-B-Q Diner (Owners: James and Betty Jones, Marianna, AR); Shady Glen (Owners: William and Annette Hoch, Manchester, CT)
Wolfgang Puck (Chef and Restaurateur, Los Angeles)
Charlie Trotter (Chef and Restaurateur, Chicago)
Industry leaders from across the country attended the highly anticipated festivities, which celebrated this year's Awards theme of "25 Years of Food at its Best," in tribute to the Foundation's silver anniversary and mission that honors James Beard's legacy by celebrating, nurturing, and preserving America's diverse culinary heritage and future. In recognition of James Beard's influence on our culinary world, the Foundation invited chefs who had the privilege of knowing James Beard personally, as well as those who have been influenced by his legacy, to prepare dishes inspired by recipes from his more than 20 cookbooks.
The 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards are presented with support by the following partners: Premier Sponsors: All-Clad Metalcrafters, Green & Black's Organic Chocolate, Lenox Tableware and Gifts, Mercedes-Benz; Supporting Sponsors: Campari, The Coca-Cola Company, Delta Air Lines, Jade Range LLC, Lavazza, Southern Wine & Spirits of New York, Stella Artois®, Urbanspoon; Gala Reception Sponsors: Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water, Ecolab, Pernod Ricard USA, Rums of Puerto Rico, S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water; and with additional support from Chefwear, St Giles Hotel New York, and Visa Signature®.
Founded in 1986, the James Beard Foundation is dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and nurturing America's culinary heritage and diversity in order to elevate the appreciation of our culinary excellence. A cookbook author and teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge about food, James Beard, who died in 1985, was a champion of American cuisine. He helped educate and mentor generations of professional chefs and food enthusiasts. Today, the Beard Foundation continues in the same spirit by administering a number of diverse programs that include educational initiatives, food industry awards, scholarships to culinary schools, and publications, and by maintaining the historic James Beard House in New York City's Greenwich Village as a "performance space" for visiting chefs. For more information, please visit . Find insights on food at the James Beard Foundation's blog . Join the James Beard Foundation on . Follow the James Beard Foundation on .
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