2009 Beard Nominees Announced

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Mar 23, 2009 4:07PM

The James Beard Foundation announced their 2009 award nominees today. Among the local chefs, restaurants and restaurateurs that made the final cut:

L2O for Best New Restaurant
Paul Kahan for Outstanding Chef
Rich Melman for Outstanding Restaurateur
Mindy Segal for Outstanding Pastry Chef
Spiaggia for Outstanding Service
Koren Grieveson, Arun Sampanthavivat, Bruce Sherman in the Best Chef: Great Lakes category
Steve Dolinsky and Badriyyah Waheed for Television Food Segment, National and Local
Monica Eng and Phil Vettel for Newspaper Feature Writing About Restaurants and/or Chefs for "Big Night, Big Mystery: why Did Michael Carlson Vanish the Day After Serving Dinner to the Greatest Chefs in the World?"
Eng again for Newspaper Feature Writing Without Recipes ("Morality Bites")
The Tribune for Newspaper Food Section
Mike Sula in Multimedia Food Journalism for "The Whole Hog Project"
Grant Achatz's Alinea Cookbook in the "Cooking From A Professional Point of View" category.
The Publican for Outstanding Restaurant Design and Outstanding Restaurant Graphics
Bin 36 for Outstanding Wine Service