2016 JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
New
York, NY (March 15, 2016) - The James Beard Foundation is proud to
announce the nominees for the 2016 James Beard Foundation Awards. The
nominees were announced today during a breakfast at the Presidio
Officers’ Club in San Francisco, California, hosted by Susan Ungaro,
James Beard Foundation president; Mitchell Davis, executive
vice-president; Emily Luchetti, chair of the James Beard Foundation’s
board of trustees; and John Washko, James Beard Foundation board trustee
and chair of the Awards committee.
“Our Foundation is delighted
to bring our nominees announcement to the great food city of San
Francisco, home to over 40 chef and restaurant awards winners,” said
James Beard Foundation president Susan Ungaro. “We wish the nominees in
all categories the best of luck as they travel in the coming months for
the Awards ceremonies - we’ll see you in New York City and Chicago!”
The
event was streamed live via Nom, a new live interactive video website
and iPhone app focused on sharing the best stories in food.
Additionally, James Beard Award-winning chef Traci Des Jardins prepared
breakfast for the event guests, complete with Yukon Gold Potato and
House-made Chorizo Sopes; Ceviche Verde Tostadas; and Pol'kanes (Yucatan
bean fritters). Nominees in nearly 60 categories were announced in the
Foundation’s various awards programs, including Restaurant and Chef,
Restaurant Design, Book, Broadcast & Journalism, and Who’s Who of
Food & Beverage in America: a select group of renowned culinary
professionals who have made a significant and unique contribution to the
American food and beverage industry. A complete list of nominees can be
found at the end of this release, as well as on
jamesbeard.org/awards<http://www.jamesbeard.org/awards>.
On
Tuesday, April 26, 2016, the James Beard Foundation Book, Broadcast
& Journalism Awards, an exclusive event honoring the nation’s top
cookbook authors, culinary broadcast producers and hosts, and food
journalists, will take place at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers in New York
City.
The James Beard Awards Gala will take place at Lyric Opera
of Chicago on Monday, May 2, 2016. During the event, which is open to
the public, awards in the Restaurant and Chef and Restaurant Design
categories will be handed out, along with special achievement awards,
including Humanitarian of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, Who’s Who of
Food and Beverage in America, and America’s Classics. A gala reception
will immediately follow, featuring top chefs and beverage professionals
from across the country.
Tickets to the May 2 Awards and Gala,
and the April 26 Awards Dinner will go on-sale on Tuesday, March 22,
2016. Tickets are available at
www.jamesbeard.org/awards/tickets<http://www.jamesbeard.org/awards/tickets>,
and through the Awards Box Office 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST, Monday
through Friday, by calling 914.231.6180. General public tickets are
$500; James Beard Foundation member tickets are $425. Individual Tickets
for the Book, Broadcast & Journalism Awards are $350; table for 10,
$3,500.
Established in 1990, the James Beard Awards recognize
culinary professionals for excellence and achievement in their fields
and further the Foundation’s mission to celebrate, nurture, and honor
America’s diverse culinary heritage through programs that educate and
inspire. Each award category has an individual committee made up of
industry professionals who volunteer their time to oversee the policies,
procedures, and selection of judges for their respective Awards
program. All JBF Award winners receive a certificate and a medallion
engraved with the James Beard Foundation Awards insignia. There are no
cash prizes.
The 2016 James Beard Awards are presented in
association with HMSHost, Lexus, and Mariano’s; and the following
partners: Premier Sponsors: All-Clad Metalcrafters, American Airlines,
Lenox Tableware and Gifts, True Refrigeration®; Supporting Sponsors:
Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water, Breville, Goose Island Beer Company,
Lavazza, Robert Mondavi Winery, S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral
Water, Skuna Bay Salmon, Valrhona; Gala Reception Sponsors: Braveheart
Black Angus Beef® from PERFORMANCE Foodservice, Ecolab, Groupon, Kendall
College, Royal Caribbean International, Waldorf Astoria Hotels &
Resorts; with additional support from: Chefwear, VerTerra Dinnerware,
and Wisconsin Cheese. The James Beard Foundation also gratefully
acknowledges the generous support of the Chicago Department of Aviation,
Choose Chicago, and the Illinois Restaurant Association.
About The James Beard Foundation
Founded
in 1986, the James Beard Foundation celebrates, nurtures, and honors
America’s diverse culinary heritage through programs that educate and
inspire. A cookbook author and teacher with an encyclopedic knowledge
about food, the late James Beard was a champion of American cuisine. He
helped educate and mentor generations of professional chefs and food
enthusiasts, instilling in them the value of wholesome, healthful, and
delicious food. Today JBF continues in the same spirit by administering a
number of diverse programs that include educational initiatives, food
industry awards, scholarships for culinary students, publications, chef
advocacy training, and thought-leader convening. The Foundation also
maintains the historic James Beard House in New York City’s Greenwich
Village as a “performance space” for visiting chefs. For more
information, please visit
jamesbeard.org<http://www.jamesbeard.org/>. Get food news,
recipes, and more at the James Beard Foundation’s
blog<http://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/>. Follow the James Beard
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2016 James Beard Foundation Awards Nominees
2016 James Beard Foundation Book Awards
For books published in English in 2015. Winners will be announced on April 26, 2016.
The winner of the Book of the Year Award and the Cookbook Hall of Fame inductee will be announced on April 26, 2016.
American Cooking
The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook
Chris Fischer
(Little, Brown and Company)
Heartlandia: Heritage Recipes from Portland’s The Country Cat
Adam and Jackie Sappington with Ashley Gartland
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
The Southerner’s Cookbook
David DiBenedetto and the Editors of Garden & Gun
(Harper Wave)
Baking and Dessert
The Everyday Baker: Recipes and Techniques for Foolproof Baking
Abigail Johnson Dodge
(Taunton Press)
The New Sugar & Spice: A Recipe for Bolder Baking
Samantha Seneviratne
(Ten Speed Press)
Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More
Sarah Owens
(Roost Books)
Beverage
American Wine: A Coming-of-Age Story
Tom Acitelli
(Chicago Review Press)
Lost Recipes of Prohibition: Notes from a Bootlegger’s Manual
Matthew Rowley
(Countryman Press)
The Oxford Companion to Wine
Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding
(Oxford University Press)
Cooking from a Professional Point of View
Gjelina: Cooking from Venice, California
Travis Lett
(Chronicle Books)
NOPI: The Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully
(Ten Speed Press)
This Is Camino
Russell Moore and Allison Hopelain
(Ten Speed Press)
Focus on Health
Cook for Your Life: Delicious, Nourishing Recipes for Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment
Anne Ogden Gaffney
(Avery)
Everyday Super Food
Jamie Oliver
(Ecco)
Lighten Up, Y'all: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome
Virginia Willis
(Ten Speed Press)
General Cooking
The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
J. Kenji López-Alt
(W. W. Norton & Company)
Mark Bittman’s Kitchen Matrix
Mark Bittman
(Pam Krauss Books)
Slow Fires: Mastering New Ways to Braise, Roast, and Grill
Justin Smillie with Kitty Greenwald
(Clarkson Potter)
International
Preserving the Japanese Way
Nancy Singleton Hachisu
(Andrews McMeel)
Senegal: Modern Senegalese Recipes from the Source to the Bowl
Pierre Thiam with Jennifer Sit
(Lake Isle Press)
Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking
Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook
(Rux Martin Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Photography
Fire and Ice: Classic Nordic Cooking
Darra Goldstein
(Ten Speed Press)
Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel
Heidi Swanson
(Ten Speed Press)
Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons
Steven Satterfield
(Harper Wave)
Reference and Scholarship
The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
Toni Tipton-Martin
(University of Texas Press)
The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets
Darra Goldstein
(Oxford University Press)
To Live and Dine in Dixie: The Evolution of Urban Food Culture in the Jim Crow South
Angela Jill Cooley
(University of Georgia Press)
Single Subject
A Bird in the Hand: Chicken Recipes for Every Day and Every Mood
Diana Henry
(Mitchell Beazley)
Mastering Pasta: The Art and Practice of Handmade Pasta, Gnocchi, and Risotto
Marc Vetri with David Joachim
(Ten Speed Press)
Tacos: Recipes and Provocations
Alex Stupak and Jordana Rothman
(Clarkson Potter)
Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian
A Modern Way to Eat: 200+ Satisfying Vegetarian Recipes (That Will Make You Feel Amazing)
Anna Jones
(Ten Speed Press)
V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks
Michael Anthony
(Little, Brown and Company)
Vegetarian India: A Journey Through the Best of Indian Home Cooking
Madhur Jaffrey
(Alfred A. Knopf)
Writing and Literature
Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit
Andrew Moore
(Chelsea Green Publishing)
Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat
Barry Estabrook
(W. W. Norton & Company)
Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)
Marion Nestle
(Oxford University Press)
2016 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards
Presented by Breville and Lenox
For television, web, and radio programs aired in 2015. Winners will be announced on April 26, 2016.
Documentaries
For Grace
Filmmakers: Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski
Airs on: Vimeo, iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play
Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story
Director: Grant Baldwin
Producers: Jenny Rustemeyer and Melanie Wood
Airs on: MSNBC
The Starfish Throwers
Director: Jesse Roesler
Producers: Jesse Roesler and Melody Gilbert
Airs on: DirecTV Audience Network and iTunes
Outstanding Personality/Host
Host: Vivian Howard
A Chef’s Life
Airs on: PBS
Host: Pati Jinich
Pati’s Mexican Table
Airs on: WETA
Host: Andrew Zimmern
Bizarre Foods
Airs on: Travel Channel
Podcast
Burnt Toast
Host: Kenzi Wilbur
Producers: Laura Mayer, Henry Molofsky, and Andy Bowers
Airs on: iTunes and Soundcloud
Eat This Podcast
Host: Jeremy Cherfas
Producer: Jeremy Cherfas
Airs on: eatthispodcast.com
Gravy
Host: Tina Antolini
Producer: Tina Antolini for the Southern Foodways Alliance
Airs on: southernfoodways.org/gravy
Radio Show/Audio Webcast
Eating in Sync with Our Master Clocks
Host: Allison Aubrey
Airs on: NPR’s Eating and Health
The Food Chain - A BBC World Service Co-Production with the Food Programme
Host: Dan Saladino
Producers: Kent DePinto, Sarah Stolarz, and Dan Saladino
Airs on: BBC World Service
What’s
On Your Plate: The Family Peach Farm That Became a Symbol of the Food
Revolution and A Crime of Passion: When the Love of Yogurt Burned Too
Bright
Host: Dan Charles
Producer: Jeff Rogers
Airs on: NPR’s The Salt
Specials
CBS Sunday Morning: The Food Issue: Eat Drink & Be Merry
Host: Charles Osgood
Director: Nora Gerard
Producers: Rand Morrison, Gavin Boyle, Jason Sacca, and Amy Rosner
Airs on: CBS
Christmas at Bobby’s
Host: Bobby Flay
Producer: Elina Brown
Airs on: Food Network
Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays
Host: Lidia Bastianich
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Anne Adams, and Shelly Burgess Nicotra
Airs on: PBS
Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location
Extra Virgin
Hosts: Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos
Producers: Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos
Airs on: Cooking Channel
Jacques Pépin Heart & Soul
Host: Jacques Pépin
Producer: Tina Salter
Airs on: KQED-TV
Pati’s Mexican Table
Host: Pati Jinich
Producer: Gordon Elliott
Airs on: WETA
Television Program, on Location
A Chef’s Life
Host: Vivian Howard
Producers: Vivian Howard and Cynthia Hill
Airs on: PBS
I’ll Have What Phil’s Having
Host: Phil Rosenthal
Producers:
Laurie Donnelly, Phil Rosenthal, Richard Rosenthal, John Bedolis,
Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Craig H. Shepherd, and David Beebe
Airs on: PBS
The Mind of a Chef
Hosts: Gabrielle Hamilton and David Kinch
Producers:
Anthony Bourdain, Joseph Caterini, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia,
Michael Steed, Jared Andrukanis, Alexandra Chaden, Jonathan Cianfrani,
Nari Kye, Anna Chai, and Siobhan Walshe
Airs on: PBS
Television Segment
“Diving for Maine Sea Urchin,” “Tom the Truffle Dog,” “Are Vertical Farms the Future?”
Producers: Jeremy Harlan and Sarah LeTrent
Airs on: CNN, CNN Airport, and CNN.com
TODAY Show’s “TODAY Food”
Hosts: Erica Hill, Sheinelle Jones, Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, and Carson Daly
Producers: Deborah Kosofsky, Samantha Wender, Rainy Farrell, Bianca Borges, Allison Simpson, and Tina DeGraff
Airs on: NBC
PBS NewsHour’s “Food, Glorious Food”
Host: Allison Aubrey
Producer: Mary Beth Durkin
Airs on: PBS
Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional
Indian Curries: The Basics & Beyond
Host: Raghavan Iyer
Producer: Jared Maher
Airs on: craftsy.com
Mad Genius Tips
Host: Justin Chapple
Producers: Alex Vallis, Keri Hansen, Cheryl Houser, and Brian Egan
Airs on: foodandwine.com
3-Ingredient Recipes
Producer: Matt Duckor
Airs on: epicurious.com
Video Webcast, On Location
Seafood at the Source
Director: Ryan Ffrench
Producers: James Mulcahy and Ryan Ffrench
Airs on: youtube.com/zagat
The Sushi Chef: Oona Tempest and Toshio Oguma
Producer: Elana Schulman
Airs on: munchies.vice.com
Yellow Barn Biodynamic Farm
Producer: Angus Cann
Airs on: wholefoodsmarket.com/blog
Visual and Technical Excellence
Avec Eric Season 3
Directors: Jason Goldwatch, Geoffrey Drummond, and Carlos Naude
Photographers: Sarorn R. Sim, Michael Berlucchi, and Daniel McKeown
Editors: Luis Alvarez y Alvarez, Sarah Stuve, Benjamin Di Giacomo, and Matthew Vigil
Airs on: Cooking Channel
Chef’s Table
Director: David Gelb
Photographers: Will Basanta and Adam Bricker
Editors: Brad Grossman, J. Santos, Eric Freidenberg, Ravi Subramanian, Adrienne Gits, and Jesse Overman
Airs on: Netflix
Food for Thought, Food for Life
Director: Susan Rockefeller
Photographers: Robert Featherstone, Clarissa De Los Reyes, Rhiannon Hyde, Selene Richholt, Micah Schaffer, and Zao Wang
Editor: Jackie French
Airs on: eatingwell.com and foodforthoughtfilm.com
2016 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards
For articles published in English in 2015. Winners will be announced on April 26, 2016.
Dining and Travel
“America’s Best Food Cities”
Tom Sietsema
The Washington Post
“It’s 8 A.M. Somewhere”
The Staff of Lucky Peach
Lucky Peach
“A Modern Guide to Timeless London”
Lauren Collins
Bon Appétit
Food and Culture
“Kiss My Grits”
Shane Mitchell
The Bitter Southerner
“In Search of Ragu”
Matt Goulding
Roads & Kingdoms
“Straight-Up Passing”
John Birdsall
Jarry
Food and Health
“Good Seed, Bad Seed”
Barry Estabrook
EatingWell
“The Healthy Cook’s Guide to Fat”
Sidney Fry and Robin Bashinsky
Cooking Light
“How to Eat Healthy(ish)”
Jon Wilde
GQ
Food Blog
Andrew Zimmern
Lucky Peach
Serious Eats
Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication
Garden & Gun
David DiBenedetto and Phillip Rhodes
GQ
Brendan Vaughan
Los Angeles Magazine
Lesley Bargar Suter and Bill Esparza
Food-Related Columns
“Eat”
Francis Lam
New York Times Magazine
“Edible Life”
Corby Kummer
New Republic
“OtherWise”
Todd Kliman
The Washingtonian
Food Reporting
“Corn Wars”
Ted Genoways
New Republic
“Seafood From Slaves - An AP Investigation Helps Free Slaves in the 21st Century”
Martha Mendoza, Margie Mason, and Robin McDowell
Associated Press
“48 Hours that Changed the Future of Rainforests”
Nathanael Johnson
Grist
Home Cooking
“Cook Like a Pro!”
Adam Rapoport
Bon Appétit
“Into the Woods”
Langdon Cook
EatingWell
“Three Dishes: Gnocchi”
Brette Warshaw
Lucky Peach
Humor
@Freshcutgardenhose
Maryse Chevriere
Instagram
“Ham to Ham Combat: The Tale of Two Smithfields”
Emily Wallace
Gravy
“Stone-Ground Killer”
Julia Reed
Garden & Gun
Personal Essay
“The Chef Who Saved My Life”
Brett Martin
GQ
“(The New) Broadway, NOLA”
Rien Fertel
The Local Palate
“On Chicken Tenders”
Helen Rosner
Guernica
Profile
“The Brief, Extraordinary Life of Cody Spafford”
Allecia Vermillion
Seattle Met Magazine
“Christiane Lauterbach: The Woman Who Ate Atlanta”
Wendell Brock
The Bitter Southerner
“Edna Lewis and the Black Roots of American Cooking”
Francis Lam
New York Times Magazine
Visual Storytelling
“How to Make the World’s Best Cheeseburger, Using Magic”
Eric Gillin and Andrew Jive
Epicurious
“One Night: Kachka”
Erin DeJesus, Danielle Centoni, Jen Stevenson, Dina Avila, McGraw Wolfman
Eater
“Smells the Same”
Joana Avillez
Lucky Peach
Wine, Spirits, and other Beverages
“Let Us Now Retire the Whiskey Woman”
Courtney Balestier
Punch
“Old World, New Wine”
Alan Richman
GQ
“There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why.”
Dave Infante
Thrillist
Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award
“Four
Star Semilla Is New York’s Next Great Restaurant,” “How to Navigate
Shuko, New York’s Most Exciting New Japanese Restaurant,” “Contra and
Wildair Are the Anti-Elitist Icons of NYC Cuisine”
Ryan Sutton
Eater
“A
Health Food Restaurant so Cool It Will Have You Happily Eating Seeds,”
“Revisiting Momofuku Ko, After the Revolution,” “Polo Bar Review: Ralph
Lauren Corrals the Fashionable Herd”
Tejal Rao
Bloomberg Pursuits
“Spoon & Stable,” “Gilding the Chicken,” “A Second Act for the Forum?”
Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl
Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award
“My Father and the Wine”
Irina Dumitrescu
The Yale Review
“Pork Life”
Todd Kliman
Lucky Peach
“The Second Most Famous Thing to Happen to Hiroshima”
Matt Goulding
Roads & Kingdoms
2016 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Design Awards
Winners will be announced on May 2, 2016.