2011 JBF Awards: Welcome!

by jbfauthor on May 09, 2011

Welcome to the live blog of the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards. The culinary stars are arriving on the red carpet, tonight’s featured chefs are setting up for the reception, and our team of guest bloggers is gearing up for the festivities. We’d like to introduce tonight’s guest bloggers who’ll be reporting, eating, and rubbing elbows with all the fabulous food folk: Just like years past, the team at Savory Cities will be joining Jennifer Leuzzi of Snack on the red carpet. Jennifer, a veteran of the JBF Awards, will be checking in to share her unique perspective throughout the night and interviewing winners as they make their way through the press room. Immaculate

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JBF Award Predictions

by jbfauthor on May 09, 2011

Eater NY has a poll for who should win Best Chef: New York; more polls will be posted throughout the day. [Eater NY] Andrew Knowlton offers his predictions for each of tonight's categories. [Bon Appétit] John Mariani on who should and who will win. [Esquire] Bret Thorn ventures a few guesses, too. [NRN]

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Awards Watch: Journalism Awards Recap

by jbfauthor on May 08, 2011

We just wrapped the Journalism Awards, which had some great moments! Check out the winners below and be sure to check back at the end of the night to find out if your favorite books came out on top. M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: Jonathan Gold, LA Weekly, “A Movable Beast” Food Section of a General Interest Publication: San Francisco Chronicle, Jon Bonné and Miriam Morgan Food-Related Feature: Dan Koeppel, Saveur, “Fruit of the Future” Food-Related Columns & Commentary: Tim Carman, Washington City Paper, “Ignore the Pizza Police,” “Supply and Da Men,” “Schmeer Campaign" Personal Essay: Tom Junod, Esquire, “My Mom Couldn’t Cook” Health and Nutrition: Rachael Moeller Gorman, EatingWell, “Captain of the Happier Meal” Environment, Food Politics, and Policy: Carl Safina, EatingWell, “Sea Change” Profile: Benjamin Wallace, New York, “The Restaurant Auteur” Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review: Patric Kuh, Los Angeles, “Animal Magnetism,” “Making Their Move,” “Time for a Redo?” Wine and Spirits: Jon Fine, Food & Wine, “Natural Wine: Weird or Wonderful?” Multimedia

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Awards Watch: Where were you when…?

by jbfauthor on May 08, 2011

We asked some of tonight’s nominees to tell us where they were when they got the news they were up for a James Beard Foundation Award. Here are their stories: “I was actually in my pajamas, typing madly at my home computer, on deadline and ensnared in that light caffeinated panic that I find closes so many deadlines. Grasping for a phrase, I dipped on to Facebook, which I do and don't recommend. And then a message pinged in from Jonathan Gold, congratulating me! I had no idea about what so I tripped over myself, in a computer-window-opening, computer-window-closing sort of way, to find out. Happy!  I met my deadline, then went upstairs to tell my husband. Before I left the house I tucked a bottle of bubbly in the fridge (Schramsberg blanc de blancs.) We had it as soon as I got back from work. I'm still floating on air! People always ask me, it's your tenth nomination, do you still care? I care profoundly. Writing is such a lonely endeavor, the lag between publishing and writing makes it lonelier, but the Beard Awards make a lonely writer feel not alone at all, but celebrated. I'm so grateful.” --Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, nominated tonight for the Craig Claiborne Distinguished

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