So, with the help of Andrea Petrini — the food journalist and organizer of international arts-meets-food performance gatherings called "Gelinaz!," in which chefs honor each other by reinterpreting signature dishes of fellow chefs — they started putting together a plan.
These new chefs honor local tradition while reinventing it with wit and a light touch all their own.
Nancy Silverton, founder of Pizzeria Mozza and Osteria Mozza, took the culinary equivalent of a Best Actor Oscar when she was named Outstanding Chef, the Beard Awards' most prestigious chefs' honor.
Mr. Colicchio gained best New York City chef honors, and Ms. Fleming was pastry chef of the year.
Benefit for Just Food A benefit for Just Food, which coordinates community supported agriculture programs (C.S.A). in New York City, will be on April 25 at 6 p.m., at Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue (72nd Street), with Michael Pollan, the writer, and Dan Barber, the chef, honoring Joan Dye Gussow, a board member of Just Food and a professor emerita at Teacher's College, Columbia University.
Dan Silo – a well-known Asheville chef -- honors memories from his family's Adirondack cabin with Sawhorse, a soon-to-open restaurant west of downtown.
National press attention quickly followed, including Carlson receiving "Best New Chef" honors from Food & Wine magazine, as Schwa earned a reputation for great food and an innovative chef-customer relationship.
Number 15 would have been Ian Kleinman, Colorado's captain of molecular gastronomy and winner of the "Most Creative Chef" honors at the 2008 festival.
The James Beard Award Foundation released their list of semi-finalists vying for top restaurant and chef honors this week, and, foodie destination that we are, Chicago topped the list with 24 mentions, more than any other city.
On Wednesday, British chef Clare Smyth was named the world's best female chef, an honor bestowed each year by World's 50 Best, a restaurant-ranking organization.
For example, "Women of Taste," a Sites exhibition that appeared in Branson last year, featured 25 original quilts on the theme of female chefs; one honored Alice Waters, founder of the Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse.
