
James Beard Award nominations, the culinary version of the Oscars, have been announced. Chicago fared well. We’ve recorded podcasts with a lot of the nominees including Grant Achatz, Bruce Sherman, Graham Elliot Bowles, and Paul Kahan. See our podcast section for some good listening. The astounding number of local nominees include:
Newspaper Section: Carol Mighton Haddix and The Chicago Tribune
Multi-Media Writing on Food,Beverage, Restaurant, and Nutrition: Bill Daley vs his Trib colleagues Monica Eng, Chris Brown, and Geng Wang
Best Television Food Segment, National or Local: CBS 2’s Vince Gerasole
Best Webcast: Olivia and Isabella Gerasole of Spatulatta.com
Outstanding Restaurateur:Rich Melman of Lettuce Entertain You
Outstanding Chef: Paul Kahan of Blackbird
Outstanding Restaurant: Spiaggia
Rising Star Chef: Graham Elliot Bowles of Avenues
Pastry Chef: Mindy Segal of Hot Chocolate
Outstanding Wine Service: Brian Duncan of Bin 36
Outstanding Service: TRU
Best Chef Great Lakes: Grant Achatz of Alinea, Carrie Nahabedian of Naha, and Bruce Sherman of North Pond



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Anonymous
Frontera Grill was also nominated…..
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HUNGRYMAG WAS ROBBED! Best culinary pods in the country…
Barry Strum
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Barry Strum
It seems there are more “good ole boys’ of one stripe or another than there are Chinese. What can you do?
Be content in the fact that this site/mag represents some of the best, least pretentious, food writing this reader has come across in 30+ years of trolling through food journalism.
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