James Beard Award Semifinalists for 2011 Announced
The semifinalists for the annual James Beard Foundation Awards were revealed this morning. Here are the Philly nominees…
BEST NEW RESTAURANT
Amis, Philadelphia
Barbuzzo, Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING CHEF
Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia
Marc Vetri, Vetri, Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING PASTRY CHEF
Carla Gonçalves, KOO ZEE DOO, Philadelphia
Erin Stafford, Barbuzzo, Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT
Vetri, Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR
Stephen Starr, Starr Restaurants, Philadelphia (Alma de Cuba, Barclay Prime, Buddakan, Butcher and Singer, The Continental, The Continental Mid-town, The Dandelion, El Rey, El Vez, Granite Hill at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jones, Makota, Morimoto, Parc, Pizzeria Stella, Pod, and Steak 954)
OUTSTANDING SERVICE
Lacroix at the Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia
Vetri, Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING WINE SERVICE
Savona, Gulph Mills, PA, Melissa Monosoff
Tria, Philadelphia, Michael McCaulley
RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR
Lee Styer, Fond, Philadelphia
BEST CHEF: MID-ATLANTIC
Pierre Calmels, Bibou, Philadelphia
David Gilberg, KOO ZEE DOO, Philadelphia
Chip Roman, Blackfish, Conshohocken, PA
Adán Saavedra, Paloma, Philadelphia
Michael Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia
Basically, it looks a whole lot like last year’s semifinalist list. The full list of semifinalists can be found on the James Beard Foundation website and the finalists will be revealed on March 21. The awards ceremony takes place on Monday, May 9 in New York City.
Congrats to all the local chefs and restaurateurs!