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News Mon Mar 23 2009

James Beard Award Noms Announced

Nominees for the James Beard Award have been announced [PDF], and a nice batch of Chicago names are on the list for achievements in cooking, restaurant design, wine service and journalism, among them:

  • Restaurants: L20, Spiaggia, Publican
  • Chefs: Paul Kahan (Blackbird), Mindy Segal (Hot Chocolate) Koren Grieveson (Avec), Bruce Sherman (North Pond) and Arun Sampanthavivat (Arun's)
  • Journalism: The Trib, Monica Eng (Trib), Mike Sula (Reader), Steve Dolinsky (ABC
  • Wine Service: Brian Duncan (Bin 36)
  • Restrauteur: Rich Melman (Lettuce Entertain You)
  • Author: Grant Achatz

America's Second Harvest will be receiving the Humanitarian Award. The awards ceremony is May 4 in New York.

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