James Beard Finalists Announced
Posted by Foobooz on March 23rd, 2009
The James Beard semifinalists were announced last month and now come the finalists. Below is the list of Philadelphia area nominees:
- Newspaper feature without recipes: Craig LaBan
- Outstanding Service: Vetri
- The Rising Star: Michael Solomonov
- Outstanding Restaurateur: Stephen Starr
- The Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic: Jose Garces
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March 25th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Again with the Craig Laban? Methinks the emperor wears no toque. Rick Nichols was robbed!
March 27th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Nominee Anne Mendelson is a Philly native, having grown up in “Southeastern Pennsylvania in an area where small dairy farms were once common,” according to the author bio in Milk, which is up for the Reference and Scholarship award.