2012 James Beard Foundation Awards - Winners

The James Beard Foundation is the most prestigious organization in the professional culinary world. Since 1986, the annual James Beard Foundation Awards honor the best chefs, restaurant professionals, food writers and other media in the industry. There are 55 categories in the Foundation’s various awards programs – Restaurant and Chef, Restaurant Design and Graphics, Book, Broadcast and Journalism – in addition to special achievement award honorees including Lifetime Achievement, Humanitarian of the Year, Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America and America’s Classics.

2012 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards

Best Chefs in America

Chefs who have set new or consistent standards of excellence in their respective regions. Each candidate may be employed by any kind of dining establishment and must have been a working chef for at least the past 5 years. The 3 most recent years must have been spent in the region where the chef is presently working.

Best Chef: Great Lakes

(IL, IN, MI, OH)

Bruce Sherman
North Pond
Chicago

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic

(D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)

Maricel Presilla
Cucharamama
Hoboken, NJ

Best Chef: Midwest

(IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)

Tory Miller
L’Etoile
Madison, WI

Best Chef: New York City

(Five Boroughs)

Michael Anthony
Gramercy Tavern

Best Chef: Northeast

(CT, MA, ME, NH, NY State, RI, VT)

Tim Cushman
O Ya
Boston

Best Chef: Northwest

(AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)

Matt Dillon
Sitka & Spruce
Seattle

Best Chef: Pacific

(CA, HI)

Matt Molina
Osteria Mozza
Los Angeles

Best Chef: South

(AL, AR, FL, LA, MS)

Chris Hastings
Hot and Hot Fish Club
Birmingham, AL

Best Chef: Southeast

(GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)

Hugh Acheson
Five and Ten
Athens, GA

Linton Hopkins
Restaurant Eugene
Atlanta

Best Chef: Southwest

(AZ, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)

Paul Qui
Uchiko
Austin, TX

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