James Beard Foundation Winners Announced
By: Anthony Adragna
Published: May 9, 2011

The second half of the James Beard Foundation Awards were announced on May 9. Here's a partial list of the evening's big winners:
Outstanding Chef: Jose Andres, minibar, Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Restaurateur Award: Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Chicago
Outstanding Restaurant: Eleven Madison Park, NYC
Rising Star Chef: Gabriel Rucker, Le Pigeon, Portland, OR)
Best New Restaurant: ABC Kitchen, NYC
Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional Award: Julian P. Van Winkle, III, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Louisville, KY
Outstanding Wine Service Award: The Modern, NYC
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kevin Zraly, Wine Educator and Author, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course
Humanitarian of the Year: FareStart
Outstanding Restaurant Design: Darling Design, Bar Agricole, San Francisco
Outstanding Restaurant Graphics: Love and War, The National Bar & Dining Rooms, NYC
Outstanding Service Award: Per Se, NYC
Outstanding Pastry Chef Award: Angela Pinkerton, Eleven Madison Park, NYC
Best Chef: Great Lakes: Alex Young, Zingerman’s Roadhouse, Ann Arbor, MI
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic: Michael Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia
Best Chef: Midwest: Isaac Becker, 112 Eatery, Minneapolis
Best Chef: New York City: Gabrielle Hamilton, Prune
Best Chef: Northeast: Tony Maws, Craigie On Main, Cambridge, MA
Best Chef: Pacific: Michael Tusk, Quince, San Francisco
Best Chef: Northwest: Andy Ricker, Pok Pok, Portland, OR
Best Chef: South: Stephen Stryjewski, Cochon, New Orleans
Best Chef: Southeast: Andrea Reusing, Lantern, Chapel Hill, NC
Best Chef: Southwest: Saipin Chutima, Lotus of Siam, Las Vegas AND Tyson Cole, Uchi, Austin, TX
Also, check out the opening for the show this evening. The festivities were hosted by Tom Colicchio, Traci Des Jardins and Ming Tsai.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAPXmzOYDko&feature=player_embedded#at=16
Photo by: DC Central Kitchen, James Beard Foundation Awards