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2009 James Beard Foundation Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists

Outstanding Service, Best Chef: Pacific, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest

By , About.com Guide

OUTSTANDING SERVICE

Alan Wong’s Restaurant, Honolulu

The American Restaurant, Kansas City, MO

Brigtsen’s, New Orleans

Cafe Juanita, Kirkland, WA

Campanile, Los Angeles

Canlis, Seattle

Charleston Grill, Charleston, SC

Courtright’s Restaurant, Willow Springs, IL

Daniel, NYC

The Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead, Atlanta

Emeril’s New Orleans

La Grenouille, NYC

La Mer at Halekulani, Honolulu

Le Cirque at Bellagio, Las Vegas

Nobhill Tavern at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas

Palme d’Or at Biltmore, Coral Gables, FL

Pigalle, Boston

Sanford, Milwaukee

Spiaggia, Chicago

Vetri, Philadelphia

BEST CHEF: PACIFIC

Gino Angelini, Angelini Osteria, Los Angeles

James Boyce, Studio at Montage Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach, CA

Michael Cimarusti, Providence, Los Angeles

Josiah Citrin, Mélisse, Santa Monica, CA

Chris Cosentino, Incanto, San Francisco

Jeremy Fox, Ubuntu, Napa, CA

Hiroshi Fukui, Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas, Honolulu

Bev Gannon, Joe’s, Wailea, HI

Quinn Hatfield, Hatfield’s, Los Angeles

Douglas Keane, Cyrus, Healdsburg, CA

Loretta Keller, Coco500, San Francisco

David Kinch, Manresa, Los Gatos, CA

Chris Kobayashi, Artisan, Paso Robles, CA

Christopher Kostow, The Restaurant at Meadowood, St. Helena, CA

Peter Merriman, Merriman’s, Waimea, HI

David Myers, Sona, Los Angeles

Daniel Patterson, Coi, San Francisco

Gayle Pirie and John Clark, Foreign Cinema, San Francisco

Craig Strong, The Dining Room at the Langham, Pasadena, CA

Jason Travi, Fraîche, Culver City, CA

BEST CHEF: MID-ATLANTIC

Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA

Jim Burke, James, Philadelphia

Steven Cameron, Blue, Surf City, NJ

Jay Caputo, Espuma, Rehoboth Beach, DE

Andrea Carbine, A Toute Heure, Cranford, NJ

Anthony Chittum, Vermilion, Alexandria, VA

Melissa Close, Palladio at Barboursville Vineyards, Barboursville, VA

Michael DiBianca, Moro, Wilmington, DE

Douglass Dick, Bona Terra, Sharpsburg, PA

Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia

Haidar Karoum, Proof, Washington, D.C.

Peter Pastan, Obelisk, Washington, D.C.

Tom Power, Corduroy, Washington, D.C.

Maricel Presilla, Cucharamama, Hoboken, NJ

Charles “Chip” Roman, Blackfish, Conshohocken, PA

Joe Romanowski, Bay Avenue Trattoria, Highlands, NJ

Michael Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia

Vikram Sunderam, Rasika, Washington, D.C.

Marcie Turney, Bindi, Philadelphia

Cindy Wolf, Charleston, Baltimore

BEST CHEF: MIDWEST

M.J. Adams, The Corn Exchange, Rapid City, SD

Isaac Becker, 112 Eatery, Minneapolis

Jennifer Coco, The Flatiron Cafe, Omaha, NE

Gerard Craft, Niche, St. Louis

George Formaro, Centro, Des Moines, IA

Josh Galliano, Monarch, St. Louis

Colby Garrelts, Bluestem, Kansas City, MO

Enosh Kelly, Bistro Montage, Des Moines, IA

Steve Logsdon, Basil Prosperi’s Lucca, Des Moines, IA

Tim McKee, La Belle Vie, Minneapolis

Shinji Muramoto, Restaurant Muramoto, Madison, WI

Kevin Nashan, Sidney Street Cafe, St. Louis

Mike Odette, Sycamore, Columbia, MO

Scott Pampuch, Corner Table, Minneapolis

Alexander Roberts, Restaurant Alma, Minneapolis

Derek Rowe, Harvest, Madison, WI

Lenny Russo, Heartland, St. Paul, MN

Jim Webster, Wild Rice, Bayfield, WI

Stewart Woodman, Heidi’s Minneapolis

Dominic Zumpano, Umami Moto, Milwaukee

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