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James Beard Award Semi-finalists
March Madness? Meh. The James
Beard Foundation nominations make up the tournament we're following. There are more than 400 names on the list for a dozen
categories — including best regional chef, rising chef, restaurant and more. Finalists will be
announced March 22 and winners will be named on May 3. So who’s on the short list for local foodie heroes? We scoured the nominations for those in our area. Here’s
the list of top names in the Baltimore-Washington region. (And yes, we included Philadelphia in the mix — it makes
a great daytrip from ChesapeakeFoodie-Land.)
BEST CHEF / MID-ATLANTIC: - Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant
Eve, Alexandria, VA
- James Burke, James, Philadelphia
- Pierre
Calmels, Bibou, Philadelphia
- Andrea Carbine, A
Toute Heure, Cranford, NJ
- Tony Conte, The Oval Room, Washington, DC
- Douglass
Dick, Bona Terra, Sharpsburg, PA
- Terence Feury, Fork,
Philadelphia
- Spike Gjerde, Woodberry Kitchen, Baltimore
- Melissa Close
Hart, Palladio at Barboursville Vineyards, Barboursville, VA
- Jeff Michaud,
Osteria, Philadelphia
- Peter Pastan, Obelisk,
Philadelphia
- Konstantinos Pitsillides, Kanella, Philadelphia
- Michael
Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia
- Vickram Sunderam, Rasika, Washington
- Bryan Voltaggio, Volt, Frederick
BEST NEW RESTAURANT - Bibou,
Philadelphia
- Chifa, Philadelphia
- Eventide, Arlington, VA
- J & G Steakhouse, Washington, D.C.
- Koo Zee
Doo, Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT - Vetri, Philadelphia
- Vidalia, Washington,
D.C.
OUTSTANDING CHEF - José Andrés, Minibar,
Washington, D.C.
- Marc Vetri, Vetri, Philadelphia
RISING STAR
CHEF OF THE YEAR
- Johnny Monis, Komi, Washington,
D.C.
OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR Ashok Bajaj, 701, Ardeo, Bardeo, Bibiana Osteria-Entoteca, The Bombay Club, The Oval Room, and Rasika, Washington, D.C
OUTSTANDING PASTRY CHEF
- Amanda Cook, CityZen
at Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C.
- Carla Gonçalves, Koo
Zee Doo, Philadelphia
- Jessie Prawlucki, Fond,
Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING WINE SERVICE
- Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA
- Tria,
Philadelphia
OUTSTANDING WINE AND SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL
- Derek Brown, The Passenger, Washington, D.C.
- Sam
Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE
- Greg
Moore, Moore Brothers Wine Company, Pennsauken, NJ, NYC, and Wilmington, DE
OUTSTANDING SERVICE
- Fountain Restaurant
at Four Seasons, Philadelphia
- Marcel’s,
Washington, D.C.
- Vetri, Philadelphia
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