Meet JBF Leadership Award Winner Dr. Kathleen Merrigan
Our 2012 James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards are just around the corner! On October 17 we’ll gather at New York City’s iconic Hearst Tower to recognize these five visionaries for their outstanding contributions to creating a healthier, safer, and more sustainable food world:
Wendell Berry
Farmer, Poet, and Author, Lanes Landing Farm
Dr. Jason Clay
Senior Vice President, Market Transformation, World Wildlife Fund
Dr. Kathleen Merrigan
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tensie Whelan
President, Rainforest Alliance... Read more >
Awards Watch: Date and City Set for 2013 Nominee Announcement
Before everyone scurries off for summer's last hurrah, we have a bit of news: the 2013 James Beard Awards nominee announcement has been scheduled for March 13 in the great city of Charleston! What's more, our friends at the BB&T Charleston Wine + Food Festival® and the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau will be hosting a Friends of James Beard Benefit fundraiser at Fort Moultrie in nearby Sullivan's Island, and you can bet that many of Charleston's finest chefs will be there. The announcement of nominees will also be streamed live exclusively at Eater.com. Read the full press release about the 2013 nominee announcement and the fundraiser here.
JBF Names 2012 Leadership Award Recipients
Today JBF revealed its 2012 crop of Leadership Award recipients. These individuals, whose work focuses on creating a more healthful, sustainable, and safe food world, will be honored at our third annual food conference this October. Read up on the recipients below, then read the full press release here.
Wendell Berry, Author, Bringing it to the Table
For the brilliant insight he has brought to America's agrarian movement for more than six decades.
Dr. Jason Clay, Senior Vice President Market Transformation, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
For his efforts to study and address the global social, environmental, and economic impact of a variety of commodities, and his cross-... Read more >
Awards Watch: Changes to Restaurant and Chef Award Categories
We've made some changes to our Restaurant and Chef Award categories! Nevada has joined California and Hawaii in a new category called Best Chef: West, while chefs and restaurants in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico will now be eligible for a Best Chef: South medallion.
Read the full press release here.
Buy JBF Award–Winning Books from our Amazon Store!
Face it: trying to kick your cookbook addiction is futile, but at least there's a way to support your habit while also throwing some support to JBF.
As always, when you buy JBF Award-winning and nominated books from our Amazon store, a small percentage of your purchase is donated to the James Beard Foundation. With summer approaching, we have our eyes on Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home. We're sure there's a title or two that will call out to you.
2012 JBF Award Winners
In case you missed last night's coverage, here's the complete list of our 2012 JBF Award winners!
25th Anniversary Cake!
In honor of the James Beard Foundation’s 25th Anniversary this year, our good friend Duff Goldman (aka Ace of Cakes) created this amazing cake!
Award Winner Recap
And the last of the Awards go to:
- Outstanding Restaurant Design: Bentel & Bentel Architects, Le Bernardin, NYC
- Outstanding Restaurant Graphics: Pandiscio Co., The Americano at Hôtel Americano, NYC
- America’s Classics: The Fry Bread House, Phoenix
- Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America Inductees:
- Grant Achatz, Chef and Author, Chicago
- Mark Bittman, Journalist and Author, NYC
- Dana Cowin, Editor and Journalist, NYC
- Emily Luchetti, Pastry Chef and Author, San Francisco
- Marvin Shanken, Publisher, NYC
- Lifetime Achievement: Wolfgang Puck
- Outstanding Pastry Chef: Mindy Segal, Mindy’s HotChocolate, Chicago
- Best New Restaurant: Next, Chicago
- Outstanding Service: La Grenouille, NYC
- Outstanding Restaurateur: Tom Douglas, Tom Douglas Restaurants, Seattle
- Outstanding Restaurant: Boulevard, San Francisco
- Outstanding Chef: Daniel
Outstanding Chef: Daniel Humm
Outstanding Restaurant: Boulevard
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