Each of the restaurants and chefs honored as James Beard Foundation's 2009 award winners, presented May 4 in New York City, are featured on our LocalEats IPhone application and Where The Locals Eat website. Here are the links:
RESTAURANTS AND CHEFS (NATIONAL)
- Outstanding Chef: Dan Barber, Blue Hill, New York
- Outstanding Restaurant: Jean Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Phil Suarez, New York
- Outstanding New Restaurant: Momofuku Ko, David Chang and Peter Serpico, New York
- Rising Star Chef: Nate Appleman, A16, San Francisco
- Outstanding Pastry Chef: Gina DePalma, Babbo, New York
- Outstanding Wine Service: Le Bernardin, Wine Director: Aldo Sohm, New York
- Outstanding Service: Daniel, Daniel Boulud, New York
CHEFS (REGIONAL)
Best Chef: Great Lakes
Michael Symon, Lola, Cleveland- Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia
- Best Chef: Midwest
Tim McKee, La Belle Vie, Minneapolis
- Best Chef: New York
Gabriel Kreuther, The Modern, New York
- Best Chef: Northeast
Rob Evans, Hugo's, Portland, Maine
- Best Chef: Northwest
Maria Hines, Tilth, Seattle
- Best Chef: Southwest
Paul Bartolotta, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, Las Vegas
- Best Chef: South
John Currence, City Grocery, Oxford, Miss.
- Best Chef: Southeast
Mike Lata, Fig, Charleston, S.C.
- Best Chef: Pacific
Douglas Keane, Cyrus, Healdsburg, Calif.
AMERICA'S CLASSICS AWARDS