2010 James Beard Award Winners

by partysugar 1

New York City was one busy town last night. While the glitterati of the fashion world flocked to the Met for the annual Costume Institute Gala, the best chefs in the nation gathered at Lincoln Center for the James Beard Awards. Starting yesterday afternoon, the Internet was abuzz with news about the event, the culinary industry's equivalent to the Oscars. The James Beard Foundation live tweeted the winners, while local bloggers, like Eater, were also in on the action.

Top Chef head honcho Tom Colicchio took home top honors winning the coveted Outstanding Chef title. Timothy Hollingsworth, former Bocuse d'Or competitor, was named Rising Star Chef, and Best New Restaurant went to Michael White's Marea. To check out the complete list of winners, read more.

• Outstanding Chef Award
  Tom Colicchio
  Craft
  New York, NY
• Outstanding Pastry Chef Award
  Nicole Plue
  Redd
  Yountville, CA
• Outstanding Restaurant Award
  Daniel
  New York, NY
  Chef/Owner: Daniel Boulud
• Best New Restaurant
  Marea
  New York, NY
  Chef/Partner: Michael White
  Partner: Chris Cannon
• Outstanding Restaurateur Award
  Keith McNally
  Balthazar, Lucky Strike, Minetta Tavern, Morandi, Pastis, Pravda, and Schiller’s Liquor Bar
  New York, NY
• Outstanding Service Award
  Alinea
  Chicago
  Chef/Owner: Grant Achatz
• Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional Award
  John Shafer and Doug Shafer
  Shafer Vineyards
  Napa, CA
• Outstanding Wine Service Award
  Jean Georges
  New York, NY
  Wine Director: Bernard Sun
• Rising Star Chef of the Year Award
  Timothy Hollingsworth
  The French Laundry
  Yountville, CA
• Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)
  Koren Grieveson
  Avec
  Chicago
• Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
  Jeff Michaud
  Osteria
  Philadelphia
• Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)
  Alexander Roberts
  Restaurant Alma
  Minneapolis
• Best Chef: New York City
  Daniel Humm
  Eleven Madison Park
• Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY STATE, RI, VT)
  Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier
  Arrows
  Ogunquit, ME
• Best Chef: Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)
  Jason Wilson
  Crush
  Seattle
• Best Chef: Pacific (CA, HI)
  David Kinch
  Manresa
  Los Gatos, CA
• Best Chef: South (AL, AR, FL, LA, MS)
  Michael Schwartz
  Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink
  Miami
• Best Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)
  Sean Brock
  McCrady’s
  Charleston, SC
• Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)
  Claude Le Tohic
  Joël Robuchon at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
  Las Vegas
• Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America Inductees
  Leah Chase
  Chef/Owner
  Dooky Chase Restaurant
  New Orleans

  Jessica B. Harris
  Author and Historian

  Paul C. P. McIlhenn
  President and CEO
  McIlhenny Company
  Avery Island, LA

  David Rockwell
  Founder and CEO
  Rockwell Group
  New York, NY

  L. Timothy Ryan
  President
  Culinary Institute of America
  Hyde Park, NY

  Susan Spicer
  Chef/Owner
  Bayona
  New Orleans

• America’s Classics Awards
  Al’s French Frys
  1251 Williston Road, South Burlington, VT
  Owners: Bill Bissonette and Lee Bissonette

  The Bright Star
  304 19th St. North, Bessemer, AL
  Owners: Jimmy Kiokos and Nicky Kiokos

  Calumet Fisheries
  3259 E 95th Street, Chicago
  Owners: The Kotlick and Toll Families
  Gustavus Inn
  PO Box 60, Gustavus, AK
  Owners: JoAnn and David Lesh

  Mary & Tito’s Cafe
  2711 Fourth St. N.W., Albuquerque, NM
  Owners: Mary Gonzales and Antoinette Knight

• Lifetime Achievement Award
  Ariane and Michael Batterberr
  Founders, Food & Wine and Food Arts
• Humanitarian of the Year
  Wayne Kostroski
  Founder, Taste of the NFL