Update: Winners

Outstanding Service: Terra, St. Helena, CA, Owners: Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani
Outstanding Pastry Chef: Elisabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson, Tartine Bakery, San Francisco
Lifetime Achievement: Fritz Maytag
Best New Restaurant: Central Michel Richard, Washington, D.C., Chef/Owner: Michel Richard
Outstanding Restaurateur: Joe Bastianich and Mario Batali, Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, NYC
Outstanding Restaurant: Gramercy Tavern, NYC, Owner: Danny Meyer
Outstanding Chef: Grant Achatz, Alinea, Chicago (pictured)

More Books:
Asian Cooking: My Bombay Kitchen: Traditional and Modern Parsi Home Cooking, by Niloufer Ichaporia King
Photography: The Country Cooking of France, Photographer France Ruffenach
Single Subject: The River Cottage Meat Book, by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Writing on Food: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingslover
Entertaining: Dish Entertains, by Trish Magwood
Cookbook of the Year: The River Cottage Meat Book, by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Design:
Outstanding Restaurant Design: Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, Designer: Tadao Ando, Project: Morimoto (NYC)
Outstanding Restaurant Graphics: Robert Louey Design, Designers: Robert Louey and Claudia Pandji, Project: Sepia (Chicago)

America’s Classics:
Bagaduce Lunch, Brooksville, ME (Owner: Judy Astbury)
Irma’s Restaurant, Houston, TX (Owner: Irma Glavan)
Jumbo’s, Miami, FL (Owner: Bobby Flam)
Maneki, Seattle, WA (Owner: Jean Nakayama)
Tufano’s Vernon Park Tap, Chicago (Owner: Joseph DiBuono)

That’s it for the ceremony. Now, the party!

Winner Update

Who’s Who of Food and Beverage in America Inductees: Dan Barber, Anthony Bourdain, Nancy Oakes, Russ Parsons, Zanne Early Stewart, Steve Sullivan

Humanitarian of the Year: Frances Moore Lappé

Cookbook Hall of Fame: Couscous and Other Good Food from Morocco, by Paula Wolfert

Book Awards:

Cooking from a Professional Point of View: The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine, by the French Culinary Institute with Judith Choate

Wine and Spirits: Imbibe! From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to “Professor” Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar, by David Wondrich

Baking and Dessert: Peter Reinhart’s Whole Grain Breads: New Techniques, Extraordinary Flavor, by Peter Reinhart

Healthy Focus: The Eating Well Diet, by Jean Harvey-Berino with Joyce Hendley and the Editors of Eating Well

Americana: A Love Affair with Southern Cooking, by Jean Anderson

Reference: A Geography of Oysters: The Connoisseur’s Guide to Oyster Eating in North America, by Rowan Jacobsen

General: Cooking, by James Peterson

International: The Country Cooking of France, by Anne Willan

Stay tuned for more book awards, Outstanding Pastry Chef, Best New Restaurant, and more!

Winners!

Here’s an update on who has won so far:

Rising Star Chef of the Year: Gavin Kaysen, Cafe Boulud, NYC

Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional: Terry Theise, Terry Theise Estate Selections, Silver Spring, MD

Outstanding Wine Service: Eleven Madison Park, NYC, Wine Director: John Ragan

Best Chef: Pacific: Craig Stoll, Delfina, San Francisco

Best Chef: Southwest: Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, Fresca Food and Wine, Boulder, CO

Best Chef: Northwest: Holly Smith, Cafe Juanita, Kirkland, WA

Best Chef: South: Michelle Bernstein, Michy’s, Miami

Best Chef: Midwest: Adam Siegel, Bartolotta’s Lake Park Bistro, Milwaukee

Best Chef: Great Lakes: Carrie Nahabedian, Naha, Chicago

Best Chef: Southeast: Robert Stehling, Hominy Grill, Charleston, SC

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic: Eric Ziebold, CityZen, Washington, DC

Best Chef: Northeast: Patrick Connolly, Radius, Boston

Best Chef: New York Ciy: David Chang, Momofuku Saam Bar, NYC

Stay tuned…