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The James Beard Foundation Awards are annual awards presented by the
James Beard Foundation
The James Beard Foundation is a New York City-based national non-profit culinary arts organization named in honor of James Beard, a prolific food writer, teacher, and cookbook author, who was also known as the "Dean of American Cookery." The prog ...
to recognize chefs, restaurateurs, authors and journalists in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
.
They are scheduled around
James Beard
James Andrews Beard (May 5, 1903 – January 23, 1985) was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. He pioneered television cooking shows, taught at The James Beard Cooking School in New York City and Seaside, ...
's May 5 birthday.
The media awards are presented at a dinner in New York City; the chef and restaurant awards were also presented in New York until 2015, when the foundation's annual gala moved to Chicago. Chicago will continue to host the Awards until 2027.
History
The awards were established in 1990, when the foundation expanded its chef awards and combined them with ''
Cook's'' Magazine's Who's Who of American Cooking and French's Food and Beverage Book Awards. In addition to the chef, restaurant, and book awards, journalism awards were added in 1993, which expanded to broadcast media in 1994, and restaurant design awards were first given in 1995.
In 2018, the James Beard Foundation changed the award's rules to be more inclusive, to fight race and gender imbalances in the industry. Changes include: judges reflecting the demographics of the U.S.; retiring the
Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America awards which were judged by previous winners; adding leadership awards which focus on social justice issues; and waiving some media entry fees.
The awards are voted on by more than 600 culinary professionals, including previous award winners.
Recipients receive a medallion etched with the image of
James Beard
James Andrews Beard (May 5, 1903 – January 23, 1985) was an American chef, cookbook author, teacher and television personality. He pioneered television cooking shows, taught at The James Beard Cooking School in New York City and Seaside, ...
and a certificate from the foundation.
Awards by decade:
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James Beard Foundation Award: 1990s
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James Beard Foundation Award: 2000s
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James Beard Foundation Award: 2010s
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James Beard Foundation Award: 2020s
America's Classics
Although the awards tend to focus on upscale dining in large cities, since 1998 there has been an "America's Classics" category which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country. The "America's Classics" winners routinely draw the biggest applause of the night at the awards ceremony. To be considered for the award, restaurants must have been in business for a decade, be locally owned, show "timeless appeal," and serve "quality food that reflects the character of the community." Past winners are:
;1998
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Durgin-Park, Boston, MA (closed)
*
Second Avenue Deli
The Second Avenue Deli (also known as 2nd Ave Deli) is a certified- kosher Jewish delicatessen in Manhattan, New York City. In December 2007, it relocated to 162 East 33rd Street (between Lexington Avenue and Third Avenue) in Murray Hill. In A ...
, New York, NY ''(Was closed at one point)''
* Doris & Ed's, Highlands, NJ (Permanently closed)
* Original Stroud's, Kansas City, MO
*
Joe's Stone Crab
Joe's Stone Crab, also known as Joe's Stone Crabs, is an American fast food restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1998 the restaurant won an List of James Beard America's Classics, America’s Classic Award from the James Beard Foundation
Joe W ...
, Miami Beach, FL
* Joe T. Garcia's, Ft. Worth, TX
*
Tadich Grill
The Tadich Grill is an American seafood restaurant located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1849, it is the oldest running restaurant in California. Based in the Financial District, the restaurant sits on 240 California Street. The dini ...
, San Francisco, CA
*
Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar
Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar is a seafood restaurant in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington. Emmett Watson and Sam Bryant opened the city's first oyster bar on February 18, 1979. The restaurant is now operates by Bryant's so ...
, Seattle, WA
;1999
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The Berghoff, Chicago, IL ''(closed, then re-opened)''
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Café Pasqual's, Santa Fe, NM
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Doumar's Cones and BBQ ''Doumar's Cones and BBQ'' is a Norfolk, Virginia restaurant. Historically, the business operated at the Ocean View Amusement Park. At that location Abe Doumar, the business' creator, is credited with creating the world's first ice cream cone.
R ...
, Norfolk, VA
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Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana
Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana, commonly known as Frank Pepe's or simply Pepe's (), is a popular pizza restaurant in the Wooster Square neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, at 163 Wooster Street. Opened in 1925, it is one of the oldest and best ...
, New Haven, CT
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Mosca's, Avondale, LA.
*
The Original Pancake House
The Original Pancake House (TOPH) is a chain of pancake houses across the United States. They have franchises in Canada that started in 1958 and are still operating. They have recently expanded into both Japan and South Korea. They follow tradi ...
, Portland, OR
*
Philippe the Original
Philippe's, or "Philippe the Original" ( ) is a restaurant located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The restaurant is well known for continuously operating since 1908, making it one of the oldest restaurants in Los Angeles. It is also renow ...
, Los Angeles, CA
*
Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant
The Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant is a seafood restaurant located on the lower level of Grand Central Terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.
History
The restaurant space was first opened as the Grand Centr ...
, NYC
;2000
*
Camp Washington Chili
Camp Washington Chili is a Cincinnati chili parlor founded in 1940 by Steve Andon and Fred Zannbus in the neighborhood of Camp Washington, Cincinnati, Camp Washington, near downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati, in southwestern Ohio. A well known ...
, in
Camp Washington, Cincinnati
Camp Washington is a city neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is located north of Queensgate, east of Fairmount, and west of Clifton and University Heights. The community is a crossing of 19th-century homes and industrial space, ...
,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
.
* Helena Hawaiian Foods, Oahu HI
*
Mario's, Bronx, NY
*
Moosewood Restaurant
Moosewood Restaurant (January 3, 1973–present) is an American natural foods (vegetarian, vegan, pescetarian) restaurant in Ithaca, New York. In 1978, the original founders sold the restaurant to the staff, who became "The Moosewood Collective ...
, Ithaca, NY
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Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room, Savannah, GA
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The Original Sonny Bryan's, Dallas, TX
*
White House Sub Shop
White House Sub Shop is a submarine sandwich deli founded in 1946 at Atlantic City, New Jersey which sells various specialty sandwiches. The deli is considered a historic landmark and has served multiple celebrities.
History
The White House Sub ...
, Atlantic City, NJ
*
Swan Oyster Depot, San Francisco, CA
;2001
*
Versailles
The Palace of Versailles ( ; french: Château de Versailles ) is a former royal residence built by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France. The palace is owned by the French Republic and since 1995 has been managed, u ...
, Miami, FL
*
Waterman's Beach Lobster Waterman's Beach Lobster was a family-owned lobster pound in South Thomaston, Maine. Anne Cousens (maiden name Waterman) opened it in 1986. Her daughter, Sandy Manahan, and daughter-in-law, Lorrie Cousens, closed the place on September 4, 2016. S ...
, South Thomaston, ME
* H&H Carwash & Restaurant, El Paso, TX
*
Langer's Deli
Langer's Deli, also known as Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant, is a kosher-style delicatessen located at 704 South Alvarado Street in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, opposite MacArthur Park.
Founded in 1947, Langer's is known for it ...
& Restaurant, Los Angeles, CA
;2002
*
Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, WA
* Marconi's, Baltimore, MD ''(Now closed)''
*
Three Brothers Serbian Restaurant,
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee is ...
*
Peter Luger Steak House
Peter Luger Steak House is a steakhouse located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York City, with a second location in Great Neck, New York, on Long Island. It was named to the James Beard Foundation's list of "America's Classics" i ...
, Brooklyn, NY
;2003
*
Duarte's Tavern
Duarte's Tavern is a historic drinking establishment and restaurant, founded in 1894 and located at 202 Stage Road in Pescadero, California.
About
Duarte's Tavern was founded in 1894, by Frank Duarte, a Portuguese immigrant who bought the buildi ...
,
Pescadero, CA
*
Anchor Bar
The Anchor Bar is a bar and restaurant in Buffalo, New York, located north of Downtown Buffalo at the intersection of Main and North Streets. , Buffalo, NY
*
The Skylight Inn, Ayden, NC
* Lexington #1,
Lexington, NC
Lexington is the county seat of Davidson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 18,931. It is located in central North Carolina, south of Winston-Salem. Major highways include I-85, I-85B, U. ...
* The Shed (restaurant), Santa Fe, NM
;2004
* Sam Choy's Kaloko, Kailua-Kona, HI
* The Prime-Burger, New York, NY
*
Ben's Chili Bowl
Ben's Chili Bowl is a landmark restaurant in Washington, D.C., located at 1213 U Street Corridor, U Street, next to Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.), Lincoln Theatre, in the U Street Corridor (a.k.a. Cardozo/Shaw neighborhood) of Northwest, W ...
, Washington DC
*
Al's Breakfast
Al's Breakfast is reportedly the narrowest restaurant in the city of Minneapolis, at a width of . Al's Breakfast is crammed into a former alleyway between two much larger buildings and is located in the city's Dinkytown neighborhood near the Unive ...
, Minneapolis, MN
;2005
* Yuca's, Los Angeles, CA
*
Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe, Boston, MA
*
Willie Mae's Scotch House
Willie Mae's Scotch House is a restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2022, it was announced they would be opening a location in Los Angeles.
History
Originally opened in 1957 in the Tremé neighborhood by Willie Mae Seaton operating as a bar ...
, New Orleans, LA
* El Chorro Lodge, Paradise Valley, AZ
;2006
*
Barney Greengrass
Barney Greengrass is a restaurant, deli, and appetizing store at 541 Amsterdam Avenue (between West 86th and 87th Streets) on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, started in 1908. They specialize in smoked fish, more specifically st ...
, New York, NY
* Bowens Island Restaurant, Charleston, SC
* Hamura's Saimin Stand,
Kauai, HI
*
John's Roast Pork, Philadelphia, PA
* Lagomarcino',
Moline, IL
Moline ( ) is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. With a population of 42,985 in 2020, it is the largest city in Rock Island County. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline and Rock Island ...
*
Louie Mueller Barbecue,
Taylor, TX
*
Polly's Pancake Parlor,
Sugar Hill, NH
*
Taylor's Automatic Refresher,
St. Helena, CA
;2007
*
Primanti Brothers
Primanti Brothers (, ), sometimes called Primanti’s for short, is a chain of sandwich shops in the eastern United States. Since its founding in 1933 in Pittsburgh, Primanti's has become a cultural icon of the region. The chain is known for its ...
, Pittsburgh, PA
*
The Pickwick,
Duluth, MN
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, nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City
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, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...
*
Doe's Eat Place, Greenville, MS
*
Aunt Carrie's
Aunt Carrie's is a seafood restaurant in the Point Judith neighborhood of Narragansett, Rhode Island, opened in 1920 by Carrie and Ulysses Cooper. In 1994, Carrie's grandson Bill died; since then, his wife and now their two daughters run the rest ...
,
Narragansett, RI
* Brookville Hotel,
Abilene, KS
Abilene (pronounced ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Dickinson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,460. It is home of The Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum and the G ...
(closed)
* Weaver D's, Athens, GA
;2008
*
Bagaduce Lunch
Bagaduce Lunch seafood restaurant is located in Penobscot, Maine. It is a James Beard Foundation Award winning restaurant (2008).
History
Bagaduce Lunch was opened as a roadside fish shack in 1946 by Sidney and Bernice Snow, their granddaughter, ...
, Brooksville, ME
* Jumbo's, Miami, FL
* Irma's Restaurant Houston, TX
* Tufano's Vernon Park Tap, Chicago, IL
*
Maneki
Maneki is a Japanese restaurant in the Japantown area of the International District in Seattle, Washington that opened in 1904 as the first sushi bar in the city. Some claim it is the oldest Asian restaurant on the West Coast of the United State ...
, Seattle, WA
;2009
*
Breitbach's Country Dining, Sherrill, IA
*
Totonno's
Totonno's is a pizzeria located at 1524 Neptune Avenue (between West 15th Street and West 16th Street) in Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It was established in 1924 by Antonio "Totonno" Pero.
History
Totonno was an employee at the Lombard ...
, Brooklyn, NY
*
Mustache Bill's Diner, Barnegat Light, NJ
*
Yank Sing, San Francisco, CA
*
Arnold's Country Kitchen, Nashville, TN
;2010
* Al's French Frys, South Burlington, VT
* The Bright Star, Bessemer, AL
*
Calumet Fisheries
Calumet Fisheries is a seafood restaurant in the South Deering, Chicago, South Deering neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States, directly next to the 95th Street bridge (which appears in the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers (film), The Blues ...
, Chicago
*
Gustavus Inn, Gustavus, AK
* Mary & Tito's Cafe, Albuquerque, NM
;2011
* Chef Vola's, Atlantic City, NJ
* Crook's Corner, Chapel Hill, NC
*
Le Veau d'Or, New York, NY
* Noriega Restaurant and Hotel, Bakersfield, CA
* Watts Tea Shop, Milwaukee, WI
;2012
*
The Fry Bread House, Phoenix, AZ
*
Nora's Fish Creek Inn, Wilson, WY
*
St. Elmo's Steak House, Indianapolis, IN
*
Jones Bar-B-Q Diner
Jones Bar-B-Q Diner is a barbecue joint in Marianna, Arkansas, US, that has been open since at least the 1910s. According to business guide ''Black Business'', it is believed to be the country's oldest black-owned restaurant. In 2012 it was rec ...
, Marianna, AR
* Shady Glen, Manchester, CT
;2013
*
Frank Fat's Restaurant
Frank Fat's is an American Chinese cuisine restaurant in Sacramento, California founded in 1939 by a Chinese immigrant who called himself "Frank Fat" and who came to the United States illegally in 1919. The original restaurant is one of four now ...
, Sacramento, CA
*
Keens Steakhouse __NOTOC__
Keens Steakhouse (formerly Keen’s English Chop House) is a steakhouse restaurant located at 72 West 36th Street (between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue) in the Garment District in Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant houses more ...
, New York, NY
* Kramarczuk's, Minneapolis, MN
*
Prince's Hot Chicken Shack
Prince's Hot Chicken Shack is a restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, known for its hot chicken, and is credited with popularizing the dish and inspiring restaurants with similar offerings. The business was started in 1945 by James Thornton Prince, ...
, Nashville, TN
* C.F. Folks, Washington DC
;2014
*
Hansen's Sno-Bliz
Hansen's Sno-Bliz is a snowball stand located in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., on Tchoupitoulas Street at Bordeaux Street.
It opened in 1934 and is believed to be the 2nd oldest sno-ball stand in the United States after Walther Gardens (Baltim ...
, New Orleans, LA
* Nick's Italian Café, McMinnville, OR
*
Olneyville New York System
The Olneyville New York System is a restaurant in Providence, Rhode Island, known for its hot wieners. It opened in 1946 by Anthony Stavrianakos, a Greek immigrant. The restaurant was named for Providence's Olneyville neighborhood. Stavrianakos's ...
, Providence, RI
* Perini Ranch Steakhouse, Buffalo Gap, TX
* Sokolowski's University Inn, Cleveland, OH
;2015
*Archie's Waeside, Le Mars, IA
*Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, KY
*Guelaguetza, Los Angeles, CA
*Sally Bell's Kitchen, Richmond, VA
*Sevilla Restaurant, New York, NY
;2016
*Al Ameer Restaurant,
Dearborn, MI
Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States pe ...
*Brooks' House of BBQ,
Oneonta, NY
Oneonta ( ) is a city in southern Otsego County, New York, United States. It is one of the northernmost cities of the Appalachian Region. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, Oneonta had a population of 13,079. Its nickname is "City of the Hil ...
*Bully's Restaurant,
Jackson, MS
Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, along with Raymond. The city had a population of 153,701 at the ...
*Matt's Place Drive-In,
Butte, MT
Butte ( ) is a consolidated city-county and the county seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. The city covers , and, according to the ...
*
Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante
Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante is a James Beard Foundation Award List of James Beard America's Classics, American Classic (2016) in Chimayó, New Mexico. Owned by Florence Jaramillo, she opened the restaurant with her husband Arturo. Their food ...
, Chimayo, NM
;2017
*Bertha's Kitchen, Charleston, SC
*
Gioia's Deli, St. Louis, MO
*La Taqueria, San Francisco, CA
*Sahadi's, Brooklyn, NY
*Schultz's Crab House,
Essex, MD
Essex is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Essex has a long history dating back to 1909. The population was 39,262 at the 2010 census and is growing in population each year. The t ...
;2018
*
Galleria Umberto (restaurant), Boston, MA
*Sun Wah, Chicago, IL
*Los Hernandez,
Union Gap, WA
*El Guero Canelo,
Tucson, AZ
, "(at the) base of the black ill
, nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town"
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*
Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery
Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery ( vi, Đông Phương, literally "The Orient") is a Vietnamese cuisine, Vietnamese retail and wholesale bakery, restaurant, and catering business in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is known for supplying the baguette style ...
, New Orleans, LA
;2019
*Pho 79, Garden Grove (
Little Saigon, Orange County
The Little Saigon district straddling the cities of Garden Grove and Westminster in Orange County, California is the largest Little Saigon in the United States. Saigon is the former name of the capital of the former South Vietnam, where a large ...
), California
*Jim's Steak & Spaghetti House,
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A h ...
*
A&A Bake & Double and Roti Shop, Brooklyn, New York
*Sehnert's Bakery & Bieroc Cafe,
McCook, Nebraska
McCook is a city in and the county seat of Red Willow County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,446 at the 2020 census.
History
McCook was platted in 1882 when the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad was extended to that point. I ...
*
Annie's Paramount Steakhouse, Washington, D.C.
;2020
* Lassis Inn, Little Rock, Arkansas
* Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth, Michigan
*
Puritan Backroom The Puritan Backroom is a 2020 James Beard Foundation Award America's Classic restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire. They are known for their mudslides and chicken tenders, which they invented in 1974.
History
Arthur Pappas and Louis Canotas, G ...
, Manchester, New Hampshire
*
Oriental Mart
Oriental Mart is a Filipino cuisine, Filipino restaurant in Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. In 2020, the business received an 'List of James Beard America's Classics, America's Classics' award the ...
, Seattle, Washington
* El Taco de Mexico, Denver, Colorado
* Vera's Backyard Bar-B-Que, Brownsville, Texas
;2022
* Casa Vega, Sherman Oaks, California
*
Corinne's Place, Camden, New Jersey
* Solly's Grille, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
*
Wo Hop, New York, New York
* The Busy Bee Cafe, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Florence's Restaurant, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America
The "Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America" was an award presented to members of the food and beverage industry who have been "identified by his or her peers as having displayed remarkable talent and achievement."
The Who's Who awards were voted on by past honorees, with a ballot of 20 candidates distributed to the entire Who's Who group each year.
The honors were initially awarded by ''Cook's Magazine'' (the predecessor to ''
Cook's Illustrated
''Cook's Illustrated'' is an American cooking magazine published every two months by the America's Test Kitchen company in Brookline, Massachusetts. It accepts no advertising and is characterized by extensive recipe testing and detailed instructi ...
''), which inaugurated the award in 1984 but ceased publication in 1990.
The award was administered by the James Beard Foundation from 1990 to 2018 and presented at the annual gala.
The foundation decided to retire the awards after 2018, citing a new commitment to inclusion.
Including the inductees from the 1980s, the final Who's Who list included nearly 300 individuals.
The 1991 inductees were chef
David Bouley
David Bouley (born May 27, 1953, near Storrs, Connecticut) is an Cuisine of the United States, American chef with dual French citizenship. Sole owner and chef with restaurants in Tribeca, New York City. He is best known for his flagship restauran ...
;
Ken Hom
Ken Hom (, born May 3, 1949) is a Chinese-American chef, author and television-show presenter for the BBC, specialising in Asian Cuisine. Having already appointed an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2009 for "service ...
, journalist, teacher and expert on Chinese cooking; Bryan Miller, the restaurant critic of the New York Times;
Michel Richard
Michel Louis-Marie Richard ( ; ; March 7, 1948 – August 13, 2016) was a French-born chef, formerly the owner of the restaurant Citrus in Los Angeles and Citronelle and Central in Washington, D.C. He has owned restaurants in Santa Barbara, Toky ...
, chef-owner of Los Angeles' Citrus restaurant; and
Nancy Silverton
Nancy Silverton (born June 20, 1954) is an American chef, baker, and author. The winner of the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef Award in 2014, Silverton is recognized for her role in popularizing sourdough and artisan breads in the Unit ...
, owner of Campanile, Los Angeles.
The 1992 inductees were pastry chef Albert Kumin; authors, caterers and retailers
Julee Rosso
Julee Rosso is an American cook and food writer. In 1977 she and Sheila Lukins opened and ran a gourmet food shop in New York City called The Silver Palate. In the 1980s they wrote ''The Silver Palate Cookbook'', ''The Silver Palate Good Times Coo ...
and
Sheila Lukins Sheila Lukins (November 18, 1942 – August 30, 2009), was an American cook and food writer. She was most famous as the co-author, with Julee Rosso, of ''The Silver Palate'' series of cookbooks, and ''The New Basics Cookbook'', a very popular set of ...
;
Drew Nieporent
Drew Nieporent is an American restaurateur based in New York City. His company Myriad Restaurant Group owns and operates numerous restaurants.
Nieporent's Nobu and Nobu London both earned two Michelin stars. The restaurant's partners are celebrit ...
, owner of
Montrachet ''For the restaurant, see Montrachet (restaurant)''
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and the Tribeca Grill in Manhattan; authors and columnists
Jane and Michael Stern
Jane Grossman Stern and Michael Stern (both born 1946) are American writers who specialize in books about travel, food, and popular culture. They are best known for their '' Roadfood'' books, website, and magazine columns, in which they find roa ...
; and restaurant critic, journalist and author
Patricia Wells
Patricia Wells (born 5 November 1946 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a cookbook author and teacher.
Biography
She divides her time between Paris and Provence. She is the author of numerous food-related books. Her book ''Patricia Wells at Home in Prov ...
.
The 1993 inductees were Ariane and
Michael Batterberry
Michael Carver Batterberry (April 8, 1932 – July 28, 2010) was an American food writer who founded and edited ''Food & Wine'' and '' Food Arts'' together with his wife, Ariane.
Batterberry was born on April 8, 1932, in Newcastle upon Tyne, E ...
(who founded Food & Wine and Food Arts magazines),
Gael Greene
Gael Greene (December 22, 1933 – November 1, 2022) was an American restaurant critic, author, and novelist. She became '' New York'' magazine's restaurant critic in fall 1968, at a time when most New Yorkers were unsophisticated about food and ...
(New York Magazine's restaurant critic),
Robert M. Parker, Jr. (publisher of the Wine Advocate),
Carl Sontheimer Carl G. Sontheimer (1914 – 23 March 1998) was an American inventor and engineer best known for creating the original Cuisinart food processor.
Sontheimer was born in New York City but raised in France. He returned to the U.S. to attend the Massa ...
(creator of the food processor and Cuisinarts),
Chuck Williams (founder of Williams-Sonoma), and Gregory Usher (director of l'Ecole de Gastronomie Francaise Ritz-Escoffier in Paris).
The 1994 inductees were
Jean Anderson
Jean Anderson (12 December 1907 – 1 April 2001) was an English actress best remembered for her television roles as hard-faced matriarch Mary Hammond in the BBC drama '' The Brothers'' (1972–1976) and as rebellious aristocrat Lady Jocelyn "J ...
,
Cecily Brownstone
Cecily Brownstone (18 April 1909 – 30 August 2005), was a food writer, who wrote several cookbooks and articles about food over a period of 39 years. Canadian-born, Brownstone was the Associated Press Food Editor from 1947 to 1986—for th ...
, Narcisse Chamberlain, Ariane Daguin and
George Faison
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* George Washington, First President of the United States
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, Joel Dean and
Giorgio DeLuca,
Zack Hanle
Dorothea Zack Hanle (c. 1915 - February 17, 1999), was an American cooking author and journalist who served as an editor of '' Bon Appetit'', in addition to writing books about cooking, diet and exercise, as well as gardening. In 1976, she was one ...
, Nancy Harmon Jenkins,
Elizabeth Schneider
Elizabeth Schneider (born 1962) is an American politician from Maine. Schneider served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 32nd District, representing part of Penobscot County, including the population centres of Orono and Lincoln. She ...
,
Jeff Smith, and
Tim and Nina Zagat Nina S. Zagat (née Safronoff) and her husband, Eugene Henry "Tim" Zagat, Jr. (born 1940, New York City) (pronounced ) are the founders and publishers of Zagat Survey, Zagat Restaurant Surveys. They met at Yale Law School and were both Attorney at l ...
.
The 1995 inductees were
Rick Bayless
Rick Bayless (born November 23, 1953) is an American chef and restaurateur who specializes in traditional Mexican cuisine with modern interpretations. He is widely known for his PBS series '' Mexico: One Plate at a Time''. Among his various acco ...
of Frontera Grill and Topolombampo,
Joachim Splichal Joachim Splichal is a celebrity chef based in Los Angeles, California. In 1991, he was declared "Best California Chef" by the James Beard Foundation. Four years later in 1995, he was inducted into their "Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America". Spl ...
of Patina,
Harold McGee
Harold James McGee (born October 3, 1951) is an American author who writes about the chemistry and history of food science and cooking. He is best known for his seminal book '' On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen'' first pu ...
, author of "On Food and Cooking,"
Daniel Boulud
Daniel Boulud (born 25 March 1955 in Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu) is a French chef and restaurateur with restaurants in New York City, Palm Beach, Miami, Toronto, Montréal, Singapore, the Bahamas, the Berkshires and Dubai. He is best known for h ...
,
Milton Glaser
Milton Glaser (June 26, 1929June 26, 2020) was an American graphic designer. His most notable designs include the I Love New York logo, a 1966 poster for Bob Dylan, and the logos for DC Comics, Stony Brook University and Brooklyn Brewery. In 1954 ...
,
Madhur Jaffrey
Madhur Jaffrey CBE (née Bahadur; born 13 August 1933) is an Indian-British-American actress, food and travel writer, and television personality. She is recognized for bringing Indian cuisine to the western hemisphere with her debut cookbook, ...
, and
Martha Stewart
Martha Helen Stewart (, ; born August 3, 1941) is an American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality. As founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, she gained success through a variety of business ventures, encompassing pub ...
.
The 1996 inductees were
Lidia Bastianich
Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich (; born February 21, 1947) is an Italian-American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to ...
,
Christopher Kimball,
Zelma Long
Zelma R. Long (born 1945) is an American enologist and vintner. She is considered to be one of the female pioneers in California wine, and was the first woman to assume senior management of a Californian winery, Simi Winery, of which she was presi ...
, Nick Malgieri,
Danny Meyer
Daniel Meyer (born March 14, 1958) is a New York City restaurateur and the Founder & Executive Chairman of the Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG).
Background and early career
Meyer was born and raised in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis, M ...
, Jean-Jacques Rachou, and
Charlie Trotter
Charles Trotter (September 8, 1959 – November 5, 2013) was an American chef and restaurateur. His most well-known restaurant, Charlie Trotter's, was open in Chicago from 1987 to 2012.
Early life and education
Trotter was born in Wilmette, Ill ...
.
The 1997 inductees were cookbook author Flo Braker, culinary historian
Barbara Haber, television personality
Graham Kerr
Graham Kerr (born 22 January 1934) is an English cooking personality who is best known for his television cooking show ''The Galloping Gourmet'' from December 30, 1968 to September 14, 1973.
Early life
Kerr was born in Brondesbury, London. H ...
, winemakers Michael and Timothy Mondavi (sons of
Robert Mondavi
Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was an American winemaker. His technical and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early period, Mondavi promoted label ...
), restaurateurs
Julian Niccolini and Alex von Bidder (new owners of New York's the Four Seasons) and restaurant designer
Adam Tihany
Adam D. Tihany (born Transylvania in 1948) is a hospitality designer based in New York. He founded multidisciplinary design firm Tihany Design in 1978, and is considered the originator of the title "restaurant designer". His firm has designed ho ...
.
The 1998 inductees were
Paula Lambert, founder and president, the Mozzarella Co., Dallas; Carolyn O'Neil, executive producer and correspondent, CNN's "On the Menu," Atlanta;
Charles Palmer Charles Palmer may refer to:
* Charles Palmer (1777–1851), Member of Parliament for Bath
* Sir Charles Palmer, 1st Baronet (1822–1907), English shipbuilder, businessman and Liberal Member of Parliament, 1874–1907
* Sir Charles Palmer, 2nd Ba ...
, chef and restaurateur, New York City;
Alan Richman, writer, GQ magazine, New York City; and
, chef and restaurateur, New York City.
The 1999 inductees were
R. W. Apple Jr.
Raymond Walter Apple Jr. (November 20, 1934 – October 4, 2006), known as Johnny Apple but bylined as R.W. Apple Jr., was a correspondent and associate editor at ''The New York Times'', where he wrote on a variety of subjects, most notably polit ...
of the New York Times, winemaker
Ernest Gallo
Ernest J. Gallo (March 18, 1909March 6, 2007) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Gallo co-founded the E & J Gallo Winery in Modesto, California.
Early life
Gallo was born on March 18, 1909, in Jackson, California.[Share Our Strength
Share Our Strength is a national organization working to end childhood hunger and poverty in the United States. Share Our Strength holds culinary events, solicits individual donations, and uses social media to raise funds, which are then used to ...]
, and Gail Zweigenthal of
Gourmet (magazine)
''Gourmet'' magazine was a monthly publication of Condé Nast and the first U.S. magazine devoted to food and wine. The New York Times noted that "''Gourmet'' was to food what ''Vogue'' is to fashion." Founded by Earle R. MacAusland (1890–1980) ...
.
The 2000 inductees were
Barbara Fairchild
Barbara Fairchild (born November 12, 1950) is an American country and gospel singer, who is best known for her hit 1973 country song " The Teddy Bear Song" and other country hits.
Biography Early life and beginnings in Nashville
She was born in ...
, editor, Bon Appetit magazine;
Thomas Keller
Thomas Aloysius Keller (born October 14, 1955) is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He and his landmark Napa Valley restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Founda ...
, chef, French Laundry (Oakville, Calif.); Michael Romano, chef, Union Square Cafe (New York City);
Jeffrey Steingarten
Jeffrey L. Steingarten (born May 31, 1942) is a leading food writer in the United States. He has been the food critic at ''Vogue'' magazine since 1989.
Career
His 1997 book of humorous food essays, titled ''The Man Who Ate Everything,'' was a ...
, columnist, Vogue magazine; Larry Stone, wine director, Rubicon (San Francisco).
The 2001 inductees were
Mario Batali
Mario Francesco Batali (born September 19, 1960) is an American chef, writer, and restaurateur. Batali co-owned restaurants in New York City; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; and Newport Beach, California; Boston; Singapore; Westport, Connecticut; and Ne ...
, chef/co-owner, Babbo and Esca, New York; Michael Ginor and Izzy Yanay, founders, Hudson Valley Foie Gras, Great Neck, N.Y.;
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of "The Splendid Table with Lynne Rossetto Kasper," St. Paul, Minn.;
Joan Nathan
Joan Nathan is an American cookbook author and newspaper journalist. She has produced TV documentaries on the subject of Jewish cuisine. She was a co-founder of New York's Ninth Avenue Food Festival under then-Mayor of New York City, Mayor Abraham ...
, cookbook author, Washington, D.C.; and
Martin Yan
Martin Yan (; born 22 December 1948) is a Hong Kong chef and food writer. He has hosted his award-winning PBS-TV cooking show ''Yan Can Cook'' since 1982.
Early years and education
With ancestral roots in Taishan, Yan was born in Guangzhou, ...
, cooking show host, Foster City, Calif.
The 2002 inductees were
Tom Colicchio
Thomas Patrick Colicchio (; born August 15, 1962) is an American celebrity chef. He co-founded the Gramercy Tavern in New York City, and formerly served as a co-owner and as the executive chef. He is also the founder of Crafted Hospitality, whic ...
,
Alain Ducasse
Alain Ducasse (; born 13 September 1956) is a French-born Monégasque chef. He operates a number of restaurants including Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester which holds three stars (the top rating) in the Michelin Guide.
Early life and career
D ...
,
Nobu Matsuhisa
Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa (松久 信幸 ''Matsuhisa Nobuyuki''; born March 10, 1949) is a Japanese celebrity chef and restaurateur known for his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with Peruvian ingredients. His signature dish ...
,
Sara Moulton
Sara Moulton (born February 19, 1952) is an American cookbook author and television personality. In an article for ''The New York Times'', Kim Severson described Moulton as "one of the nation’s most enduring recipe writers and cooking teac ...
and
Frank J. Prial.
The 2003 inductees were
Hubert Keller
Hubert Keller is a noted French chef, who is known for his signature restaurants, Fleur de Lys in San Francisco and Las Vegas.
Biography
Keller was born in Alsace, France, and graduated from the École Hoteliere in Strasbourg. Beginning as a ...
,
Marion Nestle
Marion Nestle (born 1936) is an American molecular biologist, nutritionist, and public health advocate. She is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health Emerita at New York University. Her research examines s ...
,
Alain Sailhac
Alain Pierre Sailhac (7 January 1936 – 1 December 2022) was a French internationally recognized chef working in New York City, where he held the position of executive vice president and dean emeritus at The International Culinary Center, founded ...
,
Jacques Torres
Jacques Torres (born 14 June 1959) is a French pastry chef and chocolatier based in New York. Torres is a member of the International Culinary Center community as Dean of Pastry Arts, as well as holding pastry demonstrations. He appears on the sh ...
and
Norman Van Aken
Norman Van Aken is an American chef and author.
Charlie Trotter named Van Aken the "Walt Whitman of American cuisine."
Published works
*Feast of Sunlight 1988
*The Exotic Fruit Book 1995
*Norman's New World Cuisine 1997
*New World Kitchen 2003
*M ...
.
The 2004 inductees were Michael Bauer,
Rose Levy Beranbaum,
Todd English
William Todd English (born August 29, 1960) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality, based in Boston, Massachusetts. He hosted the TV cooking show, ''Food Trip with Todd English,'' on PBS. In 2005 he was ...
,
Andrea Immer and
Eric Ripert
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...
.
The 2005 inductees were
Joseph Bastianich (co-owner of Italian Wine Merchants and Babbo, Becco, Lupa, Esca, Otto Enoteca Pizzeria and Bistro du Vent restaurants, New York City); Greg Drescher (Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, The Culinary Institute of America, Greystone, St. Helena, CA);
Carol Field (book author and food writer, San Francisco, CA);
Corby Kummer
Corby Kummer is executive director of Food & Society at the Aspen Institute, a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science, and a senior editor of ''The Atlantic''.
Kummer is the author of ''The Joy of Coffee'' and ''The ...
(Senior Editor, The Atlantic Monthly, Boston, MA); and,
Deborah Madison (chef, cookbook author and journalist, Galisteo, NM).
The 2006 inductees were
Sue Conley and
Peggy Smith, Co-Founders of Cowgirl Creamery (Point Reyes Station, CA);
Jean Joho
Jean Joho is a French-American chef and restaurateur. He was chef and proprietor of ''Everest'' in Chicago (founded in 1986, closed 2020), Paris Club Bistro & Bar and Studio Paris in Chicago, The Eiffel Tower Restaurant in Las Vegas, and Brasser ...
, Chef and Proprietor of Everest, Chicago;
Gray Kunz
Gray Kunz (February 24, 1955 – March 5, 2020) was a Singaporean-born Swiss restaurateur, chef, and cookbook writer based in New York. Kunz spent his early childhood in Singapore, which influenced his fusion style of cooking later in his lif ...
, Founding Chef of Café Gray, NYC;
Kermit Lynch
Kermit Lynch (born December 1941 Bakersfield, California) is an American wine importer and author based in Berkeley, California. He is the author of ''Adventures on the Wine Route,'' which won the Veuve Clicquot Wine Book of the Year award, as ...
, Founder and Owner of Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant (Berkeley, CA); and Ari Weinzweig, Co-Founder of
Zingerman's
Zingerman's, or Zingerman's Community of Businesses, is a gourmet food business group headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The original business and current flagship operation is Zingerman's Delicatessen.
Starting from the original deli, Zinge ...
Deli (Ann Arbor, MI).
The 2007 inductees were
José Andrés
José Ramón Andrés Puerta (born 13 July 1969) is a Spanish chef, and founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK), a non-profit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. A Spanish-born and raised cook, he is often credited with br ...
,
Jim Clendenen,
Bobby Flay
Robert William Flay (born December 10, 1964), is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and reality television personality. Flay is the owner and executive chef of several restaurants and franchises, including Bobby's Burger Palace, Bobby's ...
,
Dorie Greenspan
Dorie Greenspan (born October 24, 1947) is an American author of cookbooks. ''The New York Times'' called her a "culinary guru" in 2004.
Culinary career
Greenspan has won the James Beard Foundation Award five times, as well as the Internatio ...
, and
Michael Pollan
Michael Kevin Pollan (; born February 6, 1955) is an American author and journalist, who is currently Professor of the Practice Non-Fiction and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University. Concurrently, he is the Knight Professo ...
.
The 2008 inductees were
Dan Barber
Dan Barber (born October 2, 1969) is the chef and co-owner of Blue Hill in Manhattan and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, New York, United States. He is the author of ''The Third Plate''.
Education
He is a 1992 graduate of Tufts Un ...
,
Anthony Bourdain
Anthony Michael Bourdain (; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian who starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. Bourdai ...
,
Nancy Oakes,
Russ Parsons
Russ Parsons is a food writer and columnist. He served as the food editor and columnist of the ''Los Angeles Times''"Let cookbook author and L.A. Times Food Editor Russ Parsons serve as your guide to the freshest produce of the season. Recipes incl ...
, Zanne Early Stewart, and Steve Sullivan.
The 2009 inductees were
David Burke,
John T. Edge
John T. Edge (born December 22, 1962) is a writer, commentator, and, since its founding in 1999, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. He has wr ...
,
Betty Fussell,
Dorothy Cann Hamilton
Dorothy Cann Hamilton (August 25, 1949 – September 16, 2016) was the founder and CEO of the International Culinary Center, which she founded as The French Culinary Institute (FCI) in 1984. She was also president of the Friends of the USA Pavili ...
, and Clark Wolf.
The 2010 inductees were
Leah Chase
Leyah (Leah) Chase (née Lange; January 6, 1923 – June 1, 2019) was an American chef based in New Orleans, Louisiana. An author and television personality, she was known as the Queen of Creole Cuisine, advocating both African-American art an ...
, Chef/Owner, Dooky Chase Restaurant,
; Jessica B. Harris, Author and Historian, New York, New York;
Paul C. P. McIlhenny, President and CEO,
McIlhenny Company
McIlhenny or McElhenny is an Irish surname commonly found in Donegal and Derry. They are a Sept of the Cenel Eogain race, son of Niall high king of Ireland. In Gaelic the name translates "servant of Saint Canice". Notable people with the surname in ...
,
Avery Island, Louisiana
Avery Island (historically french: Île Petite Anse) is a salt dome best known as the source of Tabasco sauce. Located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, it is approximately inland from Vermilion Bay, which in turn opens onto the Gulf ...
; David Rockwell, Founder and CEO,
Rockwell Group Rockwell may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Rockwell'' (album), a 2009 mini-album by Anni Rossi
* Rockwell, a fictional town and setting of ''They Hunger''
* ''Rockwell'', a 1994 film about Porter Rockwell
* Rockwell, Maine, a f ...
, New York, New York; L. Timothy Ryan, President,
Culinary Institute of America
Culinary arts are the cuisine arts of food preparation, cooking and presentation of food, usually in the form of meals. People working in this field – especially in establishments such as restaurants – are commonly called chefs or ...
, Hyde Park, New York; and Susan Spicer, Chef/Owner, Bayona, New Orleans, Louisiana.
The 2011 inductees were
Jonathan Gold
Jonathan Gold (July 28, 1960 – July 21, 2018) was an American food critic and music critic. He was for many years the chief food critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' and also wrote for ''LA Weekly'' and ''Gourmet'', in addition to serving as a ...
of the LA Weekly, Lee Jones of Chef's Garden (Huron, OH),
Charles Phan of the Slanted Door (San Francisco, CA),
Frank Stitt of Highlands Bar and Grill, and Nick Valenti of the Patina Restaurant Group (New York, NY).
The 2012 inductees were
Grant Achatz
Grant Achatz ( ) (born April 25, 1974) is an American chef and restaurateur often recognized for his contributions to molecular gastronomy or progressive cuisine. His Chicago restaurant Alinea has won numerous accolades and Achatz himself has won ...
, Chef and Author;
Mark Bittman
Mark Bittman (born February 17, 1950) is an American food journalist, author, and former columnist for ''The New York Times''. Currently, he is a fellow at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Bittman has promoted VB6 (Vegan Before 6:00), a flexit ...
, Journalist and Author;
Dana Cowin
Dana Cowin is an American editor, author, and radio show host, best known for her two decades as the Editor-in-Chief of '' Food & Wine''. During her tenure at the magazine (1995-2016), she expanded and introduced the magazine's annual Best New Chef ...
, Editor-in-Chief,
Food & Wine
''Food & Wine'' is an American monthly magazine published by Dotdash Meredith. It was founded in 1978 by Ariane and Michael Batterberry. It features recipes, cooking tips, travel information, restaurant reviews, chefs, wine pairings and season ...
;
Emily Luchetti, Pastry Chef and Author; and
Marvin Shanken
Marvin R. Shanken (born October 4, 1943) is an American publisher and founder of M. Shanken Communications. Shanken's roster of lifestyle publications includes ''Wine Spectator'', ''Cigar Aficionado'' and ''Whisky Advocate''. Based in Manhattan, M ...
, Publisher, Food Arts and
Wine Spectator
''Wine Spectator'' is an American lifestyle magazine that focuses on wine and wine culture, and gives out ratings to certain types of wine. It publishes 15 issues per year with content that includes news, articles, profiles, and general entertain ...
.
The 2013 inductees were
Eric Asimov
Eric Asimov (born July 17, 1957) is an American wine critic and food critic for ''The New York Times''.
Early life
Asimov was born in Bethpage, New York, the son of Stanley Asimov, former vice-president for editorial administration at ''Newsd ...
, Author and Journalist; Dorothy Kalins, Editor;
Barbara Lynch
Barbara Lynch is a musician/singer/songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her first album, ''Goodbye and Goodluck'', was released by Duke Street Records in 1996. Lynch self-produced her second album, ''In the Nickelodeon''. It was released in ...
, Chef and Restaurateur;
Zarela Martinez, Chef and Restaurateur;
Michael Mina
Michael Mina ( ar, مايكل مينا; born 1969) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He is the founder of the Mina Group, a restaurant management company operating over 40 restaurants worldwide. He is the exec ...
, Chef and Restaurateur; and
Bill Yosses
William Yosses (born about 1952) is an American chef who is best known as co-author of the book '' Desserts For Dummies'' and for being the White House Executive Pastry Chef from 2007 to 2014. Yosses is now the owner of the pastry company Perfect ...
, Author and Pastry Chef.
The 2014 inductees were
Edward Behr, Food Writer;
John Besh
John Besh (born May 14, 1968) is an American chef, TV personality, philanthropist, restaurateur and author. He is known for his efforts in preserving the culinary heritage of New Orleans cuisine.
Background
Besh was born in Meridian, Mississippi, ...
, Chef and Restaurateur;
David Chang
David Chang (Korean: ; born August 5, 1977) is an American restaurateur, author, podcaster, and television personality. He is the founder of the Momofuku restaurant group. In 2009, Momofuku Ko was awarded two Michelin stars, which the restaur ...
, Chef and Restaurateur; Barry Estabrook, Writer;
Paul Kahan
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
, Chef and Restaurateur; Sherry Yard, Pastry Chef and Author.
The 2015 inductees were
Allan Benton, Pork Producer and Purveyor;
Dale DeGroff
Dale DeGroff (born September 21, 1948, Rhode Island), also known as ''the King of Cocktails'' or ''King Cocktail'', is an American bartender and author. The New York Times in 2015 called DeGroff "one of the world's foremost cocktail experts", and ...
, Mixologist;
Wylie Dufresne
Wylie Dufresne (born 1970) is the chef and owner of Du's Donuts and the former chef and owner of the wd~50 and Alder restaurants in Manhattan. Dufresne is a leading American proponent of molecular gastronomy, the movement to incorporate science ...
, Chef and Restaurateur;
Nathalie Dupree Nathalie Dupree (born December 23, 1939, in New Jersey) is an author, chef, and cooking show host whose work has focused on American Southern cuisine. She was the first woman since Julia Child to host more than one hundred cooking episodes on public ...
, Cookbook Author and Television Personality; and
Maricel Presilla, Chef, Restaurateur, and Cookbook Author.
The 2016 inductees were Gina Gallo, Winemaker (Sonoma, CA); Jim Lahey, Baker and Proprietor NYC;
Ed Levine
Ed Levine (born January 27, 1952) is the creator/founder of Serious Eats, the author of the entrepreneurial memoir Serious Eater: A Food Lover's Quest for Pizza and Redemption (Portfolio Penguin/Random House, 2019), and the host of the podcast Spec ...
, Author and Founder of Serious Eats (NYC);
Temple Grandin
Mary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American academic and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent for the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Gra ...
, Author and Animal Rights Activist (Fort Collins, CO); and
Marcus Samuelsson
25 January 1971) is an Ethiopian-born Swedish-American celebrity chef, restaurateur and television personality. He is the head chef of Red Rooster in Harlem, New York.
Early life and education
Kassahun Joar Tsegie was born in Ethiopia. His fat ...
, Chef and Restaurateur (NYC).
The 2017 inductees were
Suzanne Goin
Suzanne Goin is a chef and restaurateur from Los Angeles, California. As a restaurateur, she runs three fine dining restaurants in the Los Angeles area: a.o.c., Lucques, and Tavern, which she runs with partner Caroline Styne, as well as four Larde ...
, Chef and Restaurateur (Los Angeles, CA);
Evan Kleiman
Evan Kleiman is a chef, author, radio host and restaurant owner. She has been the radio host of Good Food on KCRW since 1997. In 2012, her radio show received the Best Audio Series award from the IACP. In 2017, Kleiman was inducted into the James ...
, Culinarian (Los Angeles, CA);
Roger Berkowitz, President and CEO Legal Seafoods (Boston, MA); Michel Nischan, Chef, Founder, President, and CEO of Wholesome Wave (Bridgeport, CT); and
Rajat Parr, Winemaker and Sommelier, Domaine de la Cote (Lompoc, CA).
The 2018 inductees were
Jody Adams, Chef/Owner, TRADE, Porto, and Saloniki (Boston, MA); Lally Brennan and Ti Adelaide Martin, Co-Proprietors,
Commander's Palace
Commander's Palace is a Louisiana Creole restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
Commander's Palace was established in 1893 in the Garden District of Uptown New Orleans at 1403 Washington Ave.
Emile Commander established a small saloon ...
(New Orleans, LA); Allison Hooper, Co-Founder,
Vermont Creamery
Vermont Creamery is a creamery and artisanal cheese and butter-maker in Websterville, Vermont, USA. It was founded in 1984 by business partners Allison Hooper and Bob Reese. Previously known as the Vermont Butter and Cheese Company, the company ad ...
(Websterville, VT); and
Daniel Johnnes, Wine Director, The Dinex Group (New York City, NY).
References
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JBF Awardsfrom the
James Beard Foundation
The James Beard Foundation is a New York City-based national non-profit culinary arts organization named in honor of James Beard, a prolific food writer, teacher, and cookbook author, who was also known as the "Dean of American Cookery." The prog ...
website
James Beard Awards website
Awards established in 1990
Food and drink awards
James Beard Foundation Award winners
Food and drink literary awards