awards time!
One of the things that I love about San Francisco is that people will forego paying the heating bill if necessary in order to eat great food. There is so much amazing food going on in Bay Area restaurants that sometimes something has to give. I can always burn old chairs for heat, but never in this lifetime will I be cooking like Kim Alter or the Rich team. This time of year is always a little frustrating because there are so many great places that I still haven’t eaten and they’re all in the news at once…awards time. So I’m just starting a list of who’s in contention for which award in the Bay Area and I’ll start pecking them off one by one. Please don’t let on to Steve that this plan is in the works. He might shut me down.
Food & Wine, the People’s Best New Chef (Bay Area contenders)
Matthew Accarrino, SPQR
Kim Alter, Plum
Brett Cooper, Outerlands*
*but the restaurant is closed for renovation and Chef Cooper won’t return, so guess this might save one chair
Evan and Sarah Rich, Rich Table
Ari Weiswasser, Glen Ellen Star
James Beard Foundation Award Nominees (Bay Area contenders)
Best restaurant design or renovation: Jensen Architects, Shed
Best Chef: West
Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski, State Bird Provisions
Corey Lee, Benu
Daniel Patterson, Coi
Best New Restaurant: Coqueta
Outstanding Wine Program: A16
Outstanding Bar Program: Bar Agricole
Outstanding Service: Quince, The Restaurant at Meadowood
Outstanding Pastry Chef: Belinda Leong, b. patisserie
Outstanding Restaurateur: Cindy Pawlcyn (Mustards Grill, Cindy’s Back Street Kitchen)
Rising Star Chef of the Year: Jessica Largey, Manresa
Outstanding Restaurant: The Slanted Door
Outstanding Chef: David Kinch, Manresa
It’s a long list! Congratulations to all of our local semi-finalists. I’m looking forward to trying at least a few before Steve catches on.
Keep in touch,
Leslie
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