Tom Colicchio won!!! Soooooo happy!!! We had lunch with him this weekend at Good Stuff and he swore he wouldn't win! His money was on Suzanne Goin. Ah! He is a great guy and a devoted husband and I want Spike to be him when he grows up. Yayyayyay.
Outstanding Restaurant is Daniel!!!! I guess Mr. Boulud will be swimming in licorice and bbq chips tonight! This man is always smiling...and now he's BEAMING. Although, I asked him earlier who the most beautiful woman in the room was and he said, "I haven't noticed any." Um...pardon?!
Best New Restaurant: Marea, NYC, Chef/Partner: Michael White, Partner: Chris Cannon
Outstanding Restaurateur: Keith McNally (Balthazar, Lucky Strike, Minetta Tavern, Morandi, Pastis, Pravda, and Schiller’s Liquor Bar, NYC)
Outstanding Restaurant Award: Daniel, NYC, Chef/Owner: Daniel Boulud, Owner: Joel Smilow
Outstanding Chef: Tom Colicchio, Craft, NYC
Huge congrats to Nicole Plue of Redd for winning the Outstanding Pastry Chef award. She turned me on to the wonders of New York eggs-on-a-roll (which is what she plans on having for her hangover breakfast tomorrow morning). When I asked about her culinary rock stars, she noted, “When I moved to New York to open Eleven Madison Park, Claudia Fleming was the badass in town—she was smart, her desserts were really clean and full of great execution and all about integrity of flavor. And Pichet Ong and Sherry Yard have always been good friends and very supportive.”
I asked if she was to celebrate with a single dessert tonight, what would it be? “A chocolate chip cookie, right out of the oven.”
Cheers, darling.
Legendary leaders in their field, Ariane and Michael Batterberry have founded two milestone national food magazines: Food Arts, the influential, award-winning publication for the restaurant and hotel trades that has won a number of the coveted Folio Gold Eddie B2B awards, and Food & Wine, a leading consumer publication. Pioneers in electronic food publishing as well, they created the top rated computerized magazine Dining In for Time Inc. in the early 1980s. Singly or together, they are the authors of 18 books on food, art, and social
Outstanding Restaurant Design: The Wright, NYC, Andre Kikoski Architect
Outstanding Restaurant Graphics: Pandiscio Co. for The Standard Grill, NYC
Outstanding Service: Alinea, Chicago, Chef/Owner: Grant Achatz
Outstanding Pastry Chef: Nicole Plue, Redd, Yountville, CA
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ariane and Michael Batterberry
2010 Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America Inductees: Leah Chase, Jessica B. Harris, Paul C. P. McIlhenny, David Rockwell, L. Timothy Ryan, Susan Spicer
And the final America’s Classics Award of the night goes to: Gustavus Inn, Gustavus, AK
Up next: Best New Restaurant, Outstanding Restaurateur, Outstanding Restaurant, and Outstanding Chef
Bacon soup. Batter up. Eating crow—I mean bacon.
-Meatball
Huge congrats to Nicole Plue of Redd for winning the Outstanding Pastry Chef award. She turned me on to the wonders of New York eggs-on-a-roll (which is what she plans on having for her hangover breakfast tomorrow morning). When I asked about her culinary rock stars, she noted, “When I moved to New York to open Eleven Madison Park, Claudia Fleming was the badass in town—she was smart, her desserts were really clean and full of great execution and all about integrity of flavor. And Pichet Ong and Sherry Yard have always been good friends and very supportive.”
I asked if she was to celebrate with a single dessert tonight, what would it be? “A chocolate chip cookie, right out of the oven.”
Cheers, darling.
He walks into the room, and just watch the ladies swoon.
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