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Nominees for the 2008 James Beard Foundation Media Awards

James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards

By Brett Moore, About.com

(For television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2007.)

TELEVISION FOOD SEGMENT, NATIONAL OR LOCAL

Today's Kitchen: Ed Deitch on Wine
Host: Ed Deitch
Network: NBC
Producers: Robert Ciridon and Amy Chiaro

Table for Two
Host: Vince Gerasole
Network: CBS2 Chicago
Producer: Vince Gerasole

The Victory Garden
Host: Michel Nischan
Network: PBS
Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Hilary Finkel Buxton, Deborah Hurley, Craig Rogers, Cheryl Carlesimo, and John McCally

TELEVISION FOOD SPECIAL

Bocuse d'Or 2007
Network: Shaw Cable, Victoria, BC, Canada
Producer: Nick Versteeg

Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History
Host: Geoffrey Baer
Network: WTTW
Producer: Dan Protess

Top Chef Holiday Special
Hosts: Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi
Network: Bravo
Producers: Andy Cohen, Dave Serwatka, Frances Berwick, Shauna Minoprio, Dan Cutforth, and Jane Lipsitz

TELEVISION FOOD SHOW, NATIONAL AND LOCAL

The Best Recipes in the World with Mark Bittman
Host: Mark Bittman
Network: American Public Television
Producer: Charlie Pinsky

Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie
Network: American Public Television
Producers: Ruth Reichl, Laurie Donnelly, Lydia Tenaglia, Chris Collins, Giulio Capua, and Robert Curran

Top Chef Season 3
Hosts: Tom Colicchio and Padma Lakshmi
Network: Bravo
Producers: Andy Cohen, Dave Serwatka, Frances Berwick, Shauna Minoprio, Dan Cutforth, and Jane Lipsitz

RADIO FOOD SHOW

Hidden Kitchens Texas
Hosts: Willie Nelson, Robin Wright Penn, and Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Area: National, NPR and PRX
Producers: The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva)

Mouthful, the Wine Country's Most Delicious Hour
Host: Michele Anna Jordon
Area: Sonoma County, CA, KRCB-FM
Producers: Michele Anna Jordon, Robin Pressman, and Wendy Nicholson

The Splendid Table
Host: Lynne Rossetto Kasper
Area: National, American Public Media
Producers: Sally Swift and Jennifer Russell

WEBCAST

Obsessives: Innard Workings
www.chow.com
Producers: Meredith Arthur and Eric Slatkin

Spatulatta.com
Hosts: Olivia Gerasole and Isabella Gerasole
www.spatulatta.com
Producers: Gaylon Emerzian and Heidi Umbhau

Stewards of the Land
Hosts: Jay Selman, Brian Clark, and Eric Anderson
www.graperadio.com
Producer: Mark Ryan, Jay Selman

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