The 2016 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards
Best Chef: Great Lakes
Curtis Duffy, Grace, Chicago
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Aaron Silverman, Rose’s Luxury, Washington D.C.
Best Chef: Midwest
Paul Berglund, The Bachelor Farmer, Minneapolis
Best Chef: New York City
Jonathan Waxman, Barbuto
Best Chef: Northeast
Zak Pelaccio, Fish & Game, Hudson, NY
Best Chef: Northwest
Renee Erickson, The Whale Wins, Seattle
Best Chef: South
Justin Devillier, La Petite Grocery, New Orleans
Best Chef: Southeast
Tandy Wilson, City House, Nashville
Best Chef: Southwest
Justin Yu, Oxheart, Houston
Best Chef: West
Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, Animal, Los Angeles
Best New Restaurant
Shaya, New Orleans
Outstanding Baker
Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery + Café, Boston
Outstanding Bar Program
Maison Premiere, Brooklyn, NY
Outstanding Chef
Suzanne Goin, Lucques, Los Angeles
Outstanding Pastry Chef
Dahlia Narvaez, Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles
Outstanding Restaurant
Alinea, Chicago
Outstanding Restaurateur
Ken Friedman, The Spotted Pig, The Breslin, Tosca Café, NYC
Outstanding Service
Eleven Madison Park, NYC
Outstanding Wine Beer or Spirits
Ron Cooper, Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal, Ranchos de Taos, NM
Outstanding Wine Program
Bern’s Steakhouse, Tampa, FL
Rising Star Chef of the Year
Daniela Soto-Innes, Cosme, NYC
The 2016 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Design Awards
75 Seats and Under (TIE)
Firm: Demian Repucci Design
Designer: Demian Repucci
Project: Bruno, NYC
Firm: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Designers: Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Collaboration with Cooper Robertson and Bentel & Bentel
Project: Untitled, NYC
76 Seats and Over
Firm: Land and Sea Dept.
Designers: Mode Carpentry, Land and Sea Dept. (Robert McAdams, Jon Martin, Peter Toalson, and Cody Hudson)
Project: Cherry Circle Room, Chicago
The 2016 JBF America's Classics
Al Ameer Restaurant, Dearborn, MI
Owners: Khalil Ammar and Zaki Hashem
Brooks' House of BBQ, Oneonta, NY
Owners: Beth and Ryan Brooks
Bully’s Restaurant, Jackson, MS
Owners: Tyrone Bully and Greta Brown Bully
Matt’s Place Drive-In, Butte, MT
Owners: Robin and Brad Cockhill
Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante, Chimayo, NM
Owner: Florence Jaramillo
The 2016 JBF Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America
Gina Gallo
Winemaker
Sonoma, CA
Jim Lahey
Baker and Proprietor
NYC
Ed Levine
Author and Founder of Serious Eats
NYC
Temple Grandin
Author and Animal Rights Activist
Fort Collins, CO
Marcus Samuelsson
Chef and Restaurateur
NYC
The 2016 JBF Humanitarian of the Year
Father Greg Boyle
Homeboy Industries
Los Angeles
The 2016 JBF Lifetime Achievement Award
Leah Chase
Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
New Orleans
The 2016 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
American Cooking
The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook
Chris Fischer with Catherine Young
(Little, Brown and Company)
Baking and Dessert
Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More
Sarah Owens
(Roost Books)
Beverage
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding
(Oxford University Press)
Cooking from a Professional Point of View
NOPI: The Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully
(Ten Speed Press)
Focus on Health
Lighten Up, Y'all: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome
Virginia Willis
(Ten Speed Press)
General Cooking
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
J. Kenji López-Alt
(W. W. Norton & Company)
International
Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking
Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
(Rux Martin Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Photography
Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel
Photographer: Heidi Swanson
(Ten Speed Press)
Reference and Scholarship
The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
Toni Tipton-Martin
(University of Texas Press)
Single Subject
A Bird in the Hand: Chicken Recipes for Every Day and Every Mood
Diana Henry
(Mitchell Beazley)
Writing and Literature
Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)
Marion Nestle
(Oxford University Press)
Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks
Michael Anthony
(Little, Brown and Company)
Book of the Year:
Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking
Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
(Rux Martin Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Cookbook Hall of Fame
Deborah Madison
The 2016 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards / Presented by Lenox Tableware and Gifts
Documentary
The Starfish Throwers
Director: Jesse Roesler
Producers: Jesse Roesler and Melody Gilbert
Airs on: DirecTV Audience Network and iTunes
Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Vivian Howard
A Chef’s Life
Airs on: PBS
Podcast
Gravy
Host: Tina Antolini
Producer: Tina Antolini
Airs on: southernfoodways.org/gravy
Radio Show/Audio Webcast
The Food Chain: Chinatown
Host: Dan Saladino
Producers: Kent DePinto, Sarah Stolarz, and Dan Saladino
Airs on: NPR Stations/BBC World Service
Special
Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays
Host: Lidia Bastianich
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Anne Adams, and Shelly Burgess Nicotra
Airs on: PBS
Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location
Extra Virgin
Hosts: Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos
Producers: Gordon Elliott, Mark Schneider, Dan Connell, Sara Porter, Debi Mazar, and Gabriele Corcos
Airs on: Cooking Channel
Television Program, on Location
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
Host: Phil Rosenthal
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Phil Rosenthal, Richard Rosenthal, John Bedolis, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Craig H. Shepherd, and David Beebe
Airs on: PBS
Television Segment
PBS NewsHour’s “Food4Thought”
Host: Allison Aubrey
Producer: Mary Beth Durkin
Airs on: PBS
Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
Indian Curries: The Basics & Beyond
Host: Raghavan Iyer
Producer: Jared Maher
Airs on: craftsy.com
Video Webcast, on Location
The Sushi Chef: Oona Tempest and Toshio Oguma
Producer: Elana Schulman
Airs on: munchies.vice.com
Visual and Technical Excellence
Chef’s Table
Directors: David Gelb, Clay Jeter, Brian McGinn, and Andrew Fried
Photographers: Will Basanta and Adam Bricker
Editors: Brad Grossman, J. Santos, Eric Freidenberg, Ravi Subramanian, Adrienne Gits, and Jesse Overman
Airs on: Netflix
The 2016 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
Dining and Travel
“America’s Best Food Cities”
Tom Sietsema
The Washington Post
Food and Culture
“Straight-Up Passing”
John Birdsall
Jarry
Food and Health
“The Healthy Cook’s Guide to Fat”
Sidney Fry and Robin Bashinsky
Cooking Light
Food Blog
Lucky Peach
Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
Los Angeles Magazine
Lesley Bargar Suter and Bill Esparza
Food-Related Columns
“Eat”
Francis Lam
New York Times Magazine
Food Reporting
“Seafood From Slaves - An AP Investigation Helps Free Slaves in the 21st Century”
Martha Mendoza, Margie Mason, and Robin McDowell
Associated Press
Home Cooking
"Cook Like a Pro!"
Adam Rapoport
Bon Appétit
Humor
@Freshcutgardenhose
Maryse Chevriere
Instagram
Personal Essay
“On Chicken Tenders”
Helen Rosner
Guernica
Profile
“Christiane Lauterbach: The Woman Who Ate Atlanta”
Wendell Brock
The Bitter Southerner
Visual Storytelling
“One Night: Kachka”
Erin DeJesus, Danielle Centoni, Jen Stevenson, Dina Avila, McGraw Wolfman
Eater
Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages
“There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why.”
Dave Infante
Thrillist
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
“A Health Food Restaurant so Cool It Will Have You Happily Eating Seeds,” “Revisiting Momofuku Ko, After the Revolution,” “Polo Bar Review: Ralph Lauren Corrals the Fashionable Herd”
Tejal Rao
Bloomberg Pursuits
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
“Pork Life”
Todd Kliman
Lucky Peach
Publication of the Year
Lucky Peach