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ce the beard foundation live tweets the event and a list of the winners is readily available online he agreed that the rapportage of the awards was meaningless but that there were plenty of interesting back stories such as michael anthony s recovery from heart surgery this year something anthony mentioned when accepting the award for best chef in new york city seattle based chef and restaurateur tom douglas was there too i thought he was out of town because his business partner eric tanaka accepted the award for outstanding restaurateur on his behalf but tom said he just didn t like public speaking and that eric was a genius and should have been the one to accept the award anyway i got kind of philosophical with daniel holzman of the meatball shop and learned something of the life story of his business partner michael chernow chernow told me he had a bit of an acting and modeling career which was how he ended up modeling for a recent j crew catalog the fact that j crew also mentioned that he owned the meatball shop was a nice added piece of free press the party started winding down around 2 a m and i quickly swung up to the annual keg party at eleven madison park to congratulate my friend will guidara the place s co owner for daniel humm s victory as the country s outstanding chef i stepped over the broken beer bottles gave him a hug and called it a night posted by bret thorn at 12 31 pm 2 comments monday march 19 2012 beard handicapping 2012 march 19 once again a coterie of food writers chefs and restaurateurs have nominated a talented array of professionals to win the james beard foundation chef and restaurant awards and once again i shall endeavor to guess who they will ultimately pick as the winners these predictions are based as they are every year on the notion that the best nominees are not necessarily selected the most popular ones are of course all the nominees are deserving and i hope they all leverage their nominations to promote their services and improve their business but the winners will be the ones about whom there is the most buzz about whom the media nationally and more importantly in their own regions feel good about i think local and regional media are most important because judges are instructed to vote only in categories in which they feel qualified to vote and to promise not to vote for restaurants where they haven t eaten so although i cover the whole country being based in new york i would not vote for best chef in the southwest so that s how the voting works and below are my predictions of who i think will win in categories that i care about these predictions should in no way be seen as my votes for the awards they are who i think will win not necessarily who i d like to win if you d like to know who s nominated in other categories you can look at them here rising star thomas mcnaughton christina tosi and sue zemanick all were nominated last year but i think they re going to be disappointed by the power that is grant achatz and his restaurant next i think dave beran will win dave beran of next in chicago daniel bowien of mission chinese food in san francisco thomas mcnaughton of flour water in san francisco christina tosi of momofuku milk bar in new york city sue zemanick of gautreau s in new orleans best new restaurant i suppose there is a danger that since next is so hard to get into a lot of judges won t ethically be able to vote for it but i think that obstacle will be overcome and next will win aq in san francisco fiola in washington d c next in chicago isa nyc tertulia nyc outstanding bar program this is tricky not only is it a brand new category meaning i don t know how people traditionally vote but also because although people do go goo goo ga ga over grant achatz and will feel compelled to vote for his aviary i ve never met anyone whose eyes don t moisten a little bit in admiration of james meehan the owner of pdt i m going to guess pdt the aviary chicago the violet hour chicago bar agricole in san francisco pegu club in new york city pdt in new york city best restaurateur chefs love the blue ribbon restaurants they love them but they also admire jean georges vongerichten s restaurants whose financier is phil suarez and so do food writers both of those restaurateurs and tom douglas were nominated last year this year i think phil suarez is going to get it bruce bromberg and eric bromberg of blue ribbon restaurants in new york city tom douglas of tom douglas restaurants in seattle piero selvaggio of the valentino restaurant group in santa monica calif caroline styne of lucques a o c and tavern in los angeles phil suarez of the suarez restaurant group in new york city outstanding restaurant this is sort of a lifetime achievement award and goes to a restaurant that has paid its dues all of these restaurants except balthazar also were nominated this year the award could easily go to blue hill whose executive chef dan barber is a media darling but there s something about the gravitas of boulevard that i think will result in it getting the medallion balthazar in new york city blue hill in new york city boulevard in san francisco highlands bar and grill in birmingham ala vetri in philadelphia outstanding chef this is also a sort of lifetime achievement award josé andrés got it last year as such it s kind of surprising that only paul kahan and gary danko were nominated last year i think it will go to one of them and i think there has been more buzz lately about paul kahan so i think it will go to him david chang of the momofuku restaurants daniel humm of eleven madison park gary danko of restaurant gary danko in san francisco paul kahan of blackbird in chicago donald link of herbsaint in new orleans nancy silverton of pizzeria mozza in los angeles outstanding pastry chef joanna chang dahlia narvaez and mindy segal all were nominated last year which improves their chances but i think daniel boulud s star power will shine through and ghaya oliveira will win joanna chang of flour bakery café in cambridge mass melissa chou of aziza in san francisco hedy goldsmith of michael s genuine food drink in miami dahlia narvaez of osteria mozza in los angeles ghaya oliveira of boulud sud in new york city mindy segal of mindy s hot chocolate in chicago outstanding service la grenouille and topolobampo are back from last year the judges like giving awards to both tony mantuano of spiaggia and rick bayless of topolobampo but i ve been hearing michael mina s name in the ether a lot lately i think his restaurant will get it spiaggia in chicago topolobampo in chicago cyrus in healdsberg calif michael mina in san francisco la grenouille in new york city outstanding wine service a16 blackberry farm and frasca were nominated last year blackberry farm always gets nominated for something and they don t win much but their pr team has been promoting them pretty well of late and i think it will be enough to push them over the top a16 in san francisco the barn at blackberry farm in walland tenn frasca food wine in boulder colo emeril s in new orleans no 9 park in boston outstanding wine beer or spirits professional sam calagione merry edwards and paul grieco are all back for another year i predicted that grieco would win last year and i totally blew that one although new yorkers tend to have an advantage in the james beard awards i m still betting that sam calagione s going to win this year sam calagione of dogfish head craft brewery in milton del merry edwards of merry edwards winery in sebastopol calif paul grieco of terroir in new york city garrett oliver of brooklyn brewery in new york city neal rosenthal of mad rose group in pine plains n y okay now the regional awards great lakes illinois indiana michigan and ohio last year on a roster as dominated by chicago as this one is alex young of zingerman s in ann arbor mich walked away with a win could anne kearney do the same yes she could but maybe stephanie izard s star power as a former top chef contestant could giver her the edge then again sepia was in a hollywood film the dilemma i m betting on the tv chef michael carlson of schwa in chicago stephanie izard of girl the goat in chicago anne kearney of rue dumaine in dayton ohio bruce sherman of north pond in chicago andrew zimmerman of sepia in chicago mid atlantic d c delaware maryland new jersey pennsylvania and virginia only vikram sunderam is new to this list so it could go any way but i ve heard cathal armstrong s name on a number of occasions recently there s buzz about him so he ll probably win cathal armstrong of restaurant eve in alexandria va johnny monis of komi in washington d c peter pastan of obelisk in washington d c maricel presilla of cucharamama in hoboken n j vikram sunderam of rasika in washington d c midwest iowa kansas minnesota missouri nebraska north dakota south dakota and wisconsin here too there s only one newcomer gerard craft i m kind of at a loss for this one but the name colby garrelts is jumping out at me if it jumps out at me it could well jump out at a midwestern judge justin aprahamian of sanford in milwaukee gerard craft of niche in st louis colby garrelts of bluestem in kansas city mo tory miller of l etoile in madison wis lenny russo of heartland restaurant farm direct market in st paul minn new york city congratulations to mark ladner who joins four nominees from last year ladner is the chef of mario batali s only four star restaurant which is a big deal on the other hand everybody loves danny meyer and his restaurants giving michael anthony a good shot but they admire michael white does admiration trump love no it does not they ll vote for michael anthony michael anthony of gramercy tavern april bloomfield of the spotted pig wylie dufresne of wd 50 mark ladner of del posto michael white of marea northeast connecticut massachusetts maine new hampshire new york state rhode island and vermont jamie bissonnette s the only newcomer to this list he was named the people s best new chef by food wine magazine s readers last year it s possible that the beard foundation voters will instead vote for gerry hayden showing their erudition by selecting the former chef of aureole but often when a chef wins one award he or she wins many of them i think jamie bissonnette will take this one too jamie bissonnette of coppa in boston tim cushman of o ya in boston gerry hayden of the north fork table inn in southold n y matt and kate jennings of la laiterie in providence r i eric warnstedt of hen of the wood in waterbury conn northwest alaska idaho montana oregon washington and wyoming is it possible that food wine best new chefs is becoming the golden globes to the beard awards which are often called the oscars of the fine dining world izard was a best new chef last year and so was jason franey canlis is a very old and very much respected restaurant that has been given a facelift by brothers mark and brian canlis the third generation in the family to run the place it s a sentimental favorite and we love sentiment congratulations in advance to jason franey matt dillon of sitka spruce in seattle jason franey of canlis in seattle christopher israel of gruner in portland naomi pomeroy of beast in portland cathy whims of nostrana in portland pacific california and hawaii i wish i knew how old the average california judge was those who remember michael chiarello from his tra vigne days will feel inclined to vote for him again then again this is california where young hip and cool people like chris cosentino are admired but i think daniel patterson is emitting an aura of gravitas that i m not getting from the other chefs will gravitas translate into votes maybe not but i m betting that it will michael chiarello of bottega in yountville calif chris cosentino of incanto in san francisco christopher kostow of the restaurant at meadowlands in st helena calif matt molina of osteria mozza in los angeles daniel patterson of coi in san francisco south alabama arkansas florida louisiana and mississippi john harris chris hastings and tory mcphail are all back from last year based on nothing but my gut i think chris hastings is going to win this year justin devillier of la petite grocery in new orleans john harris of lilette in new orleans chris hastings of hot and hot fish club in birmingham ala tory mcphail of commander s palace in new orleans alon shaya of domenica in new orleans southeast georgia kentucky north carolina south carolina tennessee and west virginia joseph lenn is the only newcomer to this list which comes from a part of the country that admires culinary tradition and enjoys voting for charleston chefs i think they re going to vote for craig deihl huge acheson of five and ten in athens ga craig deihl of cypress in charleston s c linton hopkins of restaurant eugene in atlanta edward lee of 610 magnolia in louisville ky joseph lenn of the barn at blackberry farm in walland tenn southwest arizona colorado new mexico nevada oklahoma texas and utah there s been a huge turnover of nominees in the southwest bruce auden is the only returning nominee what does that mean it could mean anything but in my experience bigger cities have more judges and houston is now the third biggest city in the country that gives a hugo ortega an advantage that i think will result in his victory bruce auden of biga on the banks in san antonio texas kevin binkley of binkley s restaurant in cave creek ariz bruno davaillon of mansion restaurant at the rosewood mansion on turtle creek in dallas jennifer jasinski of rioja in denver hugo ortega of hugo s in houston paul qui of uchiko in austin texas and those are my predictions if you have some of your own why go ahead and share them in the comments section posted by bret thorn at 4 04 pm 0 comments wednesday january 18 2012 i knew i d come across dr romera before the new york times new restaurant critic pete wells tears romera new york a new one in his review of the restaurant that by most accounts that i ve read is way too pretentious and self important for its own good i don t usually like to read the take down of a restaurant because restaurateurs really put their hearts into them but wells did have some great lines i wanted to tweet them but they were more than 140 characters then i remembered that i have a blog and so please let me share two sentences that i really enjoyed yet as much as you might admire dr romera you can t help feeling that you will never be able to admire him quite as much as you re supposed to and but to eat at romera new york is to be told repeatedly that you are in the presence of greatness while the evidence of your senses tells you that you are in the presence of at best okayness wells also did me the service of reminding me that i had met the chef dr miguel sanchez romera before in a surreal experience that itself reminded me that when it comes to self importance americans even american artists are wannabes compared to europeans 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