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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.