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2009 James Beard New York City BEST CHEF: NEW YORK CITY James Beard Foundation
Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern
April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig
Terrance Brennan, Picholine
Floyd Cardoz, Tabla
Scott Conant, Scarpetta
Wylie Dufresne, WD-50
Caroline Fidanza, Marlow & Sons
John Fraser, Dovetail
Alexandra Guarnaschelli, Butter Restaurant
Kurt Gutenbrunner, Wallsé
Gabrielle Hamilton, Prune
Gabriel Kreuther, The Modern
Mark Ladner, Del Posto
Anita Lo, Annisa
Michael Psilakis, Anthos
Bill Telepan, Telepan
Laurent Tourondel, BLT Market
Michael White, Alto
Naomichi Yasuda, Sushi Yasuda
Galen Zamarra, Mas Farmhouse

2009 James Beard BEST CHEF: MID-ATLANTIC James Beard
Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA
Jim Burke, James, Philadelphia
Steven Cameron, Blue, Surf City, NJ
Jay Caputo, Espuma, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Andrea Carbine, A Toute Heure, Cranford, NJ
Anthony Chittum, Vermilion, Alexandria, VA
Melissa Close, Palladio at Barboursville Vineyards, Barboursville, VA
Michael DiBianca, Moro, Wilmington, DE
Douglass Dick, Bona Terra, Sharpsburg, PA
Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia
Haidar Karoum, Proof, Washington, D.C.
Peter Pastan, Obelisk, Washington, D.C.
Tom Power, Corduroy, Washington, D.C.
Maricel Presilla, Cucharamama, Hoboken, NJ
Charles “Chip” Roman, Blackfish, Conshohocken, PA
Joe Romanowski, Bay Avenue Trattoria, Highlands, NJ
Michael Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia
Vikram Sunderam, Rasika, Washington, D.C.
Marcie Turney, Bindi, Philadelphia
Cindy Wolf, Charleston, Baltimore

2009 James Beard BEST NEW RESTAURANT
Animal, Los Angeles
The Bazaar by José Andrés at SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles
Bottega, Yountville, CA
Camino, Oakland, CA
Cork, Washington, D.C.
Corton, NYC
Distrito, Philadelphia
Django, Des Moines, IA
Emilitsa, Portland, ME
Feast, Houston
Holeman and Finch Public House, Atlanta
Hungry Mother, Cambridge, MA
Izakaya at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, NJ
L2O, Chicago
Merriman’s Kapalua, Maui, Lahaina, HI
Momofuku Ko, NYC
Noca, Phoenix
Palate Food & Wine, Glendale, CA
Poppy, Seattle
Raku, Las Vegas
Richard Chen Pittsburgh
Scarpetta, NYC

JAMES BEARD AWARDS 2009 OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR
Ashok Bajaj, The Oval Room, The Bombay Club, Ardeo, Bardeo, 701, and Rasika,
Washington, D.C.
Tom Baron, Big Burrito Restaurant Group, Pittsburgh
Roger Berkowitz, Legal Sea Foods, Boston
Frank Bonanno, Mizuna, Luca D’Italia, and Osteria Marco, Denver
Jimmy Bradley, Red Cat Restaurants, NYC
Larry D’Amico and Richard D’Amico, D’Amico & Partners, Minneapolis
Tom Douglas, Dahlia Lounge, Palace Kitchen, Etta’s, Lola, Serious Pie, and Dahlia
Bakery, Seattle
Sam Fox, Fox Restaurant Concepts, Scottsdale, AZ
Jim Goode and Levi Goode, Goode Company Restaurants, Houston
Bill Higgins and Bill Upson, Real Restaurants, Sausalito, CA
Pano Karatassos, Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, Atlanta
Pat Kuleto, Pat Kuleto Restaurant Development & Management Co., San Francisco
Keith McNally, Balthazar, Schiller’s Liquor Bar, Pastis, Morandi, Lucky Strike, and
Pravda, NYC
Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Chicago
Drew Nieporent, Myriad Restaurant Group, NYC
Dennis Quaintance, Nancy King Quaintance, and Mike Weaver, Quaintance-Weaver
Restaurants, Greensboro, NC
Ralph Rubio, Rubio’s Restaurants, Carlsbad, CA
Stephen Starr, Starr Restaurant Organization, Philadelphia
Alan Stillman and Michael Stillman, Fourth Wall Restaurants, NYC
Doug Washington, Mitchell Rosenthal, and Steven Rosenthal, Town Hall, Salt House,
and Anchor & Hope, San Francisco

2009 TOP JAMES BEARD CHEF--OUTSTANDING CHEF
José Andrés, Minibar, Washington, D.C.
Dan Barber, Blue Hill, NYC
Tom Colicchio, Craft, NYC
Suzanne Goin, Lucques, Los Angeles
Vincent Guerithault, Vincent on Camelback, Phoenix
Sam Hayward, Fore Street, Portland, ME
Jean Joho, Everest, Chicago
Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Chicago
Barbara Lynch, No. 9 Park, Boston
Michael Mina, Michael Mina, San Francisco
Tamara Murphy, Brasa, Seattle
Scott Peacock, Watershed, Decatur, GA
Charles Phan, The Slanted Door, San Francisco
Stephan Pyles, Stephan Pyles, Dallas
Anne Quatrano, Bacchanalia, Atlanta
Ana Sortun, Oleana, Cambridge, MA
Frank Stitt, Highlands Bar & Grill, Birmingham, AL
Marc Vetri, Vetri, Philadelphia
Janos Wilder, Janos, Tucson, AZ
Michael Smith, Restaurant Michael Smith, Kansas City, MO

OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT
Alan Wong’s Restaurant, Honolulu
Babbo, NYC
Bacchanalia, Atlanta
Bern’s Steak House, Tampa, FL
Blackbird, Chicago
Boulevard, San Francisco
Brigtsen’s, New Orleans
Delfina, San Francisco
Everest, Chicago
Fore Street, Portland, ME
Greens, San Francisco
Hamersley's Bistro, Boston
Higgins Restaurant and Bar, Portland, OR
Highlands Bar & Grill, Birmingham, AL
Jean Georges, NYC
Kinkead’s, Washington, D.C.
Lucia’s Restaurant, Minneapolis
Magnolia Grill, Durham, NC
Sanford, Milwaukee
Vidalia, Washington, D.C.