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2007 James Beard Nominees

Chicago totally rocks.

Our nominees:

Outstanding Chef: Paul Kahan, Blackbird
Outstanding Chef: Jean Joho, Everest
Rising Star Chef: Graham Elliot Bowles, Avenues
Outstanding Pastry Chef: Mindy Segal, HotChocolate
Best Chef, Great Lakes: Grant Achatz, Alinea
Best Chef, Great Lakes: Carrie Nahabedian, Naha
Best Chef, Great Lakes: Bruce Sherman, North Pond
Outstanding Restaurateur: Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You
Outstanding Restaurant: Frontera Grill
Outstanding Restaurant: Spiaggia
Outstanding Wine Service: Bin 36
Outstanding Service: Tru

(Interestingly, Illinois has been recategorized from the “Midwest” region to “Great Lakes”.)

I take for granted the excellent food writing and journalism we have in Chicago as well. It’s inspired my own food blogging, and without these writers I still might be eating at Burger King and drinking Yellowtail Shiraz, so it’s great to see them recognized:

Newspaper Section: Chicago Tribune
Multi-Media Writing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant or Nutrition: Bill Daley, Chicago Tribune, for “Winter’s Kiss”
Multi-Media Writing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant, or Nutrition: Monica Eng with Chris Brown and Geng Wang, Chicago Tribune, for “Mastering Ethiopian Injera”
Television Food Segment, National or Local: Vince Gerasole, CBS 2 Chicago


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1 Comment

  1. the budget babe wrote:

    Rick Bayless is a trip, but damn Frontera’s good! Definitely deserves the award.

    ::droooool::

    Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 7:54 pm | Permalink

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