Our Chefs

2008 James Beard Foundation Awards

Gala Chefs

The chefs cooking at this year’s Gala Reception have been selected with the help of our co-chair chefs for their long-standing support and commitment to America’s culinary artisans. They form a diverse group of chefs from across the country, each dedicated to using locally produced, sustainable, seasonable products – the true foundation of American cuisine.

Co-Chair Chefs

JBF Award Winner
Dan Barber
Blue Hill at Stone Barns, Pocantico Hills, NY
JBF Award Winner
Odessa Piper

Guest Chefs

M.J. Adams
The Corn Exchange, Rapid City, SD
Artisanal Producer: Mimi Hillenbrand, 777 Ranch, Fairburn, SD

Jaime Martin Del Campo and Ramiro Arvizu
La Casita Mexicana, Bell, CA
Artisanal Producer: Joey Weiss, Commerce, CA
Larry Forgione, JBF Award Winner and Josh Galliano
An American Place, St. Louis
Artisanal Producer: Lee and Ingrid Abraham, Berger Bluff Farms, Berger, MO
Alexandra Guarnaschelli
Butter, NYC
Artisanal Producer: Rick Bishop, Mountain Sweet Berry Farm, Roscoe, NY
Sam Hayward, JBF Award Winner
Fore Street, Portland, ME
Artisanal Producer: Richard Penfold, Stonington Sea Products, Stonington, ME
Greg Higgins, JBF Award Winner
Higgins Restaurant, Portland, OR
Artisanal Producer: Chris and Amy Roehm, Square Peg Farm, Forest Grove, OR
Peter Hoffman
Savoy, NYC
Artisanal Producer: John Fazio, New Paltz, NY
Melissa Kelly, JBF Award Winner and Kathleen Blake
Primo Maine, Rockland, ME
Artisanal Producer: Charles Andrews, Hammock Hollow Farm, Isle Grove, FL
Artisanal Producer: Perry Ells, Ellsfarm, Union, ME
Helene Kennan
The Restaurant at the Getty Center, Los Angeles
Artisanal Producer: Maryanne Carpenter, Coastal Organics, Oxnard, CA
Stephanie Pearl Kimmel
Marché, Eugene, OR
Artisanal Producer: Paul Atkinson, Laughing Stock Farm, Crow, OR
Mourad Lahlou
Aziza, San Francisco
Artisanal Producer: Javier Salmon, Bodega & Yerba Santa Goat Cheese, Lakeport, CA
Barbara Lynch, JBF Award Winner
No. 9 Park, Boston
Artisanal Producer: Diane St. Claire, Animal Farm, Orwell, VT
Tory Miller
L’Etoile, Madison, WI
Artisanal Producer: John and Dorothy Priske, Fountain Prairie Farm, Fall River, WI
Michel Nischan, JBF Award Winner
Dressing Room, A Homegrown Restaurant, Westport, CT
Artisanal Producer: David Huse, Stonebroke Farm, Warnerville, NY
Cindy Pawlcyn
Mustards Grill, Yountville, CA
Artisanal Producer: Paul Tarap, Christian Brothers Ranch, Napa, CA
Scott Peacock, JBF Award Winner
Watershed, Decatur, GA
Artisanal Producer: Charlotte and Wes Swancy, Riverview Farms, Ranger, GA

Cal Peternell
Chez Panisse Café, Berkeley, CA
Artisanal Producer: Ben Lucero and Karen Toombs, Lucero Organic Farm, Lodi, CA

Nora Pouillon
Restaurant Nora, Washington, D.C.
Artisanal Producer: Jim and Moie Kimball Crawford, New Morning Farm, Hustontown, PA
Artisanal Producer: Lucy and Roman Stoltzfoos, Spring Wood Organic Farm, Kinzer, PA

Maricel Presilla
Cucharamama, Hoboken, NJ
Artisanal Producer: Eran Wajswol, Valley Shepherd Creamery, Long Valley, NJ
Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison, JBF Award Winners
Bacchanalia, Atlanta
Artisanal Producer: Ruth and Terry Bramlett, Bramlett Trout Farm, Suches, GA
Marco Shaw
Fife, Portland, OR
Artisanal Producer: Joe and Karen Schueller, Rain Shadow El Rancho, Scio, OR
Bruce Sherman
North Pond, Chicago
Artisanal Producer: Rink DaVee and Jenny Bonde, Shooting Star Farm, Mineral Point, WI
Nancy Silverton, JBF Award Winner
Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles
Artisanal Producer: Vito Girardi, Gioia Cheese Co., Inc., South El Monte, CA
Ana Sortun, JBF Award Winner
Oleana, Cambridge, MA
Artisanal Producer: Chris Kurth, Siena Farms, Sudbury, MA
Producer: Lourdes Smith, Fiore di Nonno, Sommerville, MA
Sarah Stegner, JBF Award Winner and George Bumbaris
Prairie Grass Cafe, Northbrook, IL
Artisanal Producer: Mike Gingrich, Upland Cheese, Dodgeville, WI
Mark Sullivan
Spruce, San Francisco
Artisanal Producer: Dale Djerassi and Kristi Spierling, SMIP Ranch Produce, Woodside, CA
Bill Telepan
Telepan, NYC
Artisanal Producer: Kathleen Blackshaw, Pine Hill Farm, Sharon, CT
Marc Vetri, JBF Award Winner
Vetri, Philadelphia
Artisanal Producer: Glenn Brendle, Green Meadow Farm, Gap, PA
Eric Warnstedt and Craig Tresser
Hen of the Wood, Waterbury, VT
Artisanal Producer: Todd Hardie, Honey Gardens Apiaries, Inc., Ferrisburgh, VT
Cathy Whims
Nostrana, Portland, OR
Artisanal Producer: Anthony and Carol Boutard, Ayers Creek Farm, Gaston, OR
Eric Ziebold
CityZen at Mandarin Oriental, Washington, D.C.
Artisanal Producer: Katie Joynt, Path Valley Farms, Greencastle, PA

2008 James Beard Foundation Media Awards

It would be difficult to underestimate the role that television has had in the evolution of the American food scene. The chefs cooking at our Media Awards this year have managed to translate their passion and respect for artisanal products and culinary craft to the nation at large through the visual medium of TV.

Guest Chefs

JBF Award Winner
Rick Bayless
Frontera Grill, Chicago
Keegan Gerhard
dbar desserts, Denver
Michael Lomonaco
Porterhouse, NYC
Host Chef
Brendan Slaven
Millennium Broadway Hotel, NYC
JBF Award Winner
Joanne Weir
KQED’s Weir Cooking in the City, San Francisco

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