The 2012 James Beard Awards are just about six weeks away, and today the Beard Foundation announced the finalists for each of the chef and restaurant awards. Lots of names we're fond of on this list!
Check out the finalists and tell us who you'd vote for in the comments.
Best New Restaurant
AQ, San Francisco Fiola, Washington, D.C. Isa, NYC Next, Chicago Tertulia, NYC
Outstanding Bar Program
The Aviary, Chicago Bar Agricole, San Francisco PDT, NYC Pegu Club, NYC The Violet Hour, Chicago
Outstanding Chef
David Chang, Momofuku Ssäm Bar, NYC Gary Danko, Restaurant Gary Danko, San Francisco Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park, NYC Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Chicago Donald Link, Herbsaint, New Orleans Nancy Silverton, Pizzeria Mozza, Los Angeles
Outstanding Pastry Chef
Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery + Cafe, Boston Melissa Chou, Aziza, San Francisco Hedy Goldsmith, Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, Miami Dahlia Narvaez, Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles Ghaya Oliveira, Boulud Sud, NYC Mindy Segal, Mindy's HotChocolate, Chicago
Outstanding Restaurant
Balthazar, NYC Blue Hill, NYC Boulevard, San Francisco Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, AL Vetri, Philadelphia
Outstanding Restaurateur
Bruce Bromberg and Eric Bromberg, Blue Ribbon Restaurants, NYC Tom Douglas, Tom Douglas Restaurants, Seattle Piero Selvaggio, Valentino Restaurant Group, Santa Monica, CA Caroline Styne, Lucques/A.O.C./Tavern, Los Angeles Phil Suarez, Suarez Restaurant Group, NYC
Outstanding Service
Cyrus, Healdsburg, CA La Grenouille, NYC Michael Mina, San Francisco Spiaggia, Chicago Topolobampo, Chicago
Outstanding Wine Program
A16, San Francisco The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN Emeril's New Orleans Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder, CO No. 9 Park, Boston
Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional
Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Merry Edwards, Merry Edwards Winery, Sebastopol, CA Paul Grieco, Terroir, NYC Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery, NYC Neal Rosenthal, Mad Rose Group, Pine Plains, NY
Rising Star Chef of the Year
Dave Beran, Next, Chicago Danny Bowien, Mission Chinese Food, San Francisco Thomas McNaughton, flour + water, San Francisco Christina Tosi, Momofuku Milk Bar, NYC Sue Zemanick, Gautreau's, New Orleans
Best Chef: Great Lakes
Michael Carlson, Schwa, Chicago Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Chicago Anne Kearney, Rue Dumaine, Dayton, OH Bruce Sherman, North Pond, Chicago Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Chicago
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA Johnny Monis, Komi, Washington, D.C. Peter Pastan, Obelisk, Washington, D.C. Maricel Presilla, Cucharamama, Hoboken, NJ Vikram Sunderam, Rasika, Washington, D.C.
Best Chef: Midwest
Justin Aprahamian, Sanford, Milwaukee Gerard Craft, Niche, St. Louis Colby Garrelts, Bluestem, Kansas City, MO Tory Miller, L'Etoile, Madison, WI Lenny Russo, Heartland Restaurant & Farm Direct Market, St. Paul, MN
Best Chef: Northeast
Jamie Bissonnette, Coppa, Boston Tim Cushman, O Ya, Boston Gerry Hayden, The North Fork Table & Inn, Southold, NY Matt and Kate Jennings, La Laiterie, Providence, RI Eric Warnstedt, Hen of the Wood, Waterbury, VT
Best Chef: Northwest
Matt Dillon, Sitka & Spruce, Seattle Jason Franey, Canlis, Seattle Christopher Israel, Grüner, Portland, OR Naomi Pomeroy, Beast, Portland, OR Cathy Whims, Nostrana, Portland, OR
Best Chef: NYC
Michael Anthony, Gramercy Tavern
April Bloomfield, The Spotted Pig
Wylie Dufresne, wd~50
Mark Ladner, Del Posto
Michael White, Marea
Best Chef: Pacific
Michael Chiarello, Bottega, Yountville, CA Chris Cosentino, Incanto, San Francisco Christopher Kostow, The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena, CA Matt Molina, Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles Daniel Patterson, Coi, San Francisco
Best Chef: South
Justin Devillier, La Petite Grocery, New Orleans John Harris, Lilette, New Orleans Chris Hastings, Hot and Hot Fish Club, Birmingham, AL Tory McPhail, Commander's Palace, New Orleans Alon Shaya, Domenica, New Orleans
Best Chef: Southeast
Hugh Acheson, Five and Ten, Athens, GA Craig Deihl, Cypress, Charleston, SC Linton Hopkins, Restaurant Eugene, Atlanta Edward Lee, 610 Magnolia, Louisville, KY Joseph Lenn, The Barn at Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN
Best Chef: Southwest
Bruce Auden, Biga on the Banks, San Antonio Kevin Binkley, Binkley's Restaurant, Cave Creek, AZ Bruno Davaillon, Mansion Restaurant at Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas Jennifer Jasinski, Rioja, Denver Hugo Ortega, Hugo's, Houston Paul Qui, Uchi, Austin, TX
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