The Winners of the 2016 James Beard Awards.

The 2016 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards

Best Chef: Great Lakes

Curtis Duffy, Grace, Chicago

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic

Aaron Silverman, Rose’s Luxury, Washington D.C.

Best Chef: Midwest

Paul Berglund, The Bachelor Farmer, Minneapolis

Best Chef: New York City

Jonathan Waxman, Barbuto

Best Chef: Northeast

Zak Pelaccio, Fish & Game, Hudson, NY

Best Chef: Northwest

Renee Erickson, The Whale Wins, Seattle

Best Chef: South

Justin Devillier, La Petite Grocery, New Orleans

Best Chef: Southeast

Tandy Wilson, City House, Nashville

Best Chef: Southwest

Justin Yu, Oxheart, Houston

Best Chef: West

Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, Animal, Los Angeles

Best New Restaurant

Shaya, New Orleans

Outstanding Baker

Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery + Café, Boston

Outstanding Bar Program

Maison Premiere, Brooklyn, NY

Outstanding Chef

Suzanne Goin, Lucques, Los Angeles

Outstanding Pastry Chef

Dahlia Narvaez, Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles

Outstanding Restaurant

Alinea, Chicago

Outstanding Restaurateur

Ken Friedman, The Spotted Pig, The Breslin, Tosca Café, NYC

Outstanding Service

Eleven Madison Park, NYC

Outstanding Wine Beer or Spirits

Ron Cooper, Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal, Ranchos de Taos, NM

Outstanding Wine Program

Bern’s Steakhouse, Tampa, FL

Rising Star Chef of the Year

Daniela Soto-Innes, Cosme, NYC

The 2016 JBF America's Classics​

Al Ameer Restaurant, Dearborn, MI

Owners: Khalil Ammar and Zaki Hashem



Brooks' House of BBQ, Oneonta, NY

Owners: Beth and Ryan Brooks



Bully’s Restaurant, Jackson, MS

Owners: Tyrone Bully and Greta Brown Bully



Matt’s Place Drive-In, Butte, MT

Owners: Robin and Brad Cockhill



Rancho de Chimayó Restaurante, Chimayo, NM

Owner: Florence Jaramillo



The 2016 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Design Awards

75 Seats and Under (TIE)

Firm: Demian Repucci Design

Designer: Demian Repucci

Project: Bruno, NYC

Firm: Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Designers: Renzo Piano Building Workshop in Collaboration with Cooper Robertson and Bentel & Bentel

Project: Untitled, NYC

76 Seats and Over

Firm: Land and Sea Dept.

Designers: Mode Carpentry, Land and Sea Dept. (Robert McAdams, Jon Martin, Peter Toalson, and Cody Hudson)

Project: Cherry Circle Room, Chicago

Design Icon

The Four Seasons Restaurant

NYC





The 2016 JBF Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America​

Gina Gallo

Winemaker

Sonoma, CA



Jim Lahey

Baker and Proprietor

NYC



Ed Levine

Author and Founder of Serious Eats

NYC



Temple Grandin

Author and Animal Rights Activist

Fort Collins, CO



Marcus Samuelsson

Chef and Restaurateur

NYC

The 2016 JBF Humanitarian of the Year

Father Greg Boyle

Homeboy Industries

Los Angeles





The 2016 JBF Lifetime Achievement Award

Leah Chase

Dooky Chase’s Restaurant

New Orleans

The 2016 James Beard Foundation Book Awards

American Cooking

The Beetlebung Farm Cookbook

Chris Fischer with Catherine Young

(Little, Brown and Company)



Baking and Dessert

Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More

Sarah Owens

(Roost Books)



Beverage

The Oxford Companion to Wine

Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding

(Oxford University Press)



Cooking from a Professional Point of View

NOPI: The Cookbook

Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully

(Ten Speed Press)



Focus on Health

Lighten Up, Y'all: Classic Southern Recipes Made Healthy and Wholesome

Virginia Willis

(Ten Speed Press)



General Cooking

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

J. Kenji López-Alt

(W. W. Norton & Company)



International

Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking

Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook

(Rux Martin Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)



Photography

Near & Far: Recipes Inspired by Home and Travel

Photographer: Heidi Swanson

(Ten Speed Press)



Reference and Scholarship

The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks

Toni Tipton-Martin

(University of Texas Press)



Single Subject

A Bird in the Hand: Chicken Recipes for Every Day and Every Mood

Diana Henry

(Mitchell Beazley)



Writing and Literature

Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning)

Marion Nestle

(Oxford University Press)

Vegetable Focused and Vegetarian

V Is for Vegetables: Inspired Recipes & Techniques for Home Cooks

Michael Anthony

(Little, Brown and Company)



Book of the Year:

Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking

Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook

(Rux Martin Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

Cookbook Hall of Fame

Deborah Madison

The 2016 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Awards / Presented by Lenox Tableware and Gifts

Documentary

The Starfish Throwers

Director: Jesse Roesler

Producers: Jesse Roesler and Melody Gilbert

Airs on: DirecTV Audience Network and iTunes

Outstanding Personality/Host

Host: Vivian Howard

A Chef’s Life

Airs on: PBS

Podcast

Gravy

Host: Tina Antolini

Producer: Tina Antolini

Airs on: southernfoodways.org/gravy



Radio Show/Audio Webcast

The Food Chain: Chinatown

Host: Dan Saladino

Producers: Kent DePinto, Sarah Stolarz, and Dan Saladino

Airs on: NPR Stations/BBC World Service



Special

Lidia Celebrates America: Home for the Holidays

Host: Lidia Bastianich

Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Anne Adams, and Shelly Burgess Nicotra

Airs on: PBS



Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location

Extra Virgin

Hosts: Debi Mazar and Gabriele Corcos

Producers: Gordon Elliott, Mark Schneider, Dan Connell, Sara Porter, Debi Mazar, and Gabriele Corcos

Airs on: Cooking Channel



Television Program, on Location

I’ll Have What Phil’s Having

Host: Phil Rosenthal

Producers: Laurie Donnelly, Phil Rosenthal, Richard Rosenthal, John Bedolis, Christopher Collins, Lydia Tenaglia, Craig H. Shepherd, and David Beebe

Airs on: PBS



Television Segment

PBS NewsHour’s “Food4Thought”

Host: Allison Aubrey

Producer: Mary Beth Durkin

Airs on: PBS



Video Webcast, Fixed Location and/or Instructional

Indian Curries: The Basics & Beyond

Host: Raghavan Iyer

Producer: Jared Maher

Airs on: craftsy.com



Video Webcast, on Location

The Sushi Chef: Oona Tempest and Toshio Oguma

Producer: Elana Schulman

Airs on: munchies.vice.com



Visual and Technical Excellence

Chef’s Table

Directors: David Gelb, Clay Jeter, Brian McGinn, and Andrew Fried

Photographers: Will Basanta and Adam Bricker

Editors: Brad Grossman, J. Santos, Eric Freidenberg, Ravi Subramanian, Adrienne Gits, and Jesse Overman

Airs on: Netflix



The 2016 James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards

Dining and Travel

“America’s Best Food Cities”

Tom Sietsema

The Washington Post

Food and Culture

“Straight-Up Passing”

John Birdsall

Jarry



Food and Health

“The Healthy Cook’s Guide to Fat”

Sidney Fry and Robin Bashinsky

Cooking Light



Food Blog

Lucky Peach

Food Coverage in a General-Interest Publication

Los Angeles Magazine

Lesley Bargar Suter and Bill Esparza

Food-Related Columns

“Eat”

Francis Lam

New York Times Magazine



Food Reporting

“Seafood From Slaves - An AP Investigation Helps Free Slaves in the 21st Century”

Martha Mendoza, Margie Mason, and Robin McDowell

Associated Press

Home Cooking

"Cook Like a Pro!"

Adam Rapoport

Bon Appétit



Humor

@Freshcutgardenhose

Maryse Chevriere

Instagram

Personal Essay

“On Chicken Tenders”

Helen Rosner

Guernica



Profile

“Christiane Lauterbach: The Woman Who Ate Atlanta”

Wendell Brock

The Bitter Southerner



Visual Storytelling

“One Night: Kachka”

Erin DeJesus, Danielle Centoni, Jen Stevenson, Dina Avila, McGraw Wolfman

Eater



Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages

“There Are Almost No Black People Brewing Craft Beer. Here’s Why.”

Dave Infante

Thrillist



Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award

“A Health Food Restaurant so Cool It Will Have You Happily Eating Seeds,” “Revisiting Momofuku Ko, After the Revolution,” “Polo Bar Review: Ralph Lauren Corrals the Fashionable Herd”

Tejal Rao

Bloomberg Pursuits



MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award

“Pork Life”

Todd Kliman

Lucky Peach

Publication of the Year

Lucky Peach

The James Beard Awards would not be possible without the support of these generous sponsors:

In-Association Sponsors HMSHost | Lexus | Mariano's

Premier Sponsors American Airlines | All-Clad Metalcrafters | Lenox Tableware and Gifts | True Refrigeration®

Supporting Sponsors Acqua Panna® Natural Spring Water | Breville | Lavazza | Goose Island Beer Company | Robert Mondavi Winery | S.Pellegrino Natural Spring Water® | Skuna Bay Salmon | Valrhona

Gala Reception Sponsors Braveheart Black Angus Beef from PERFORMANCE Foodservice | Ecolab | Groupon | Kendall College | Royal Caribbean International | Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts

Additional support by Chefwear | VerTerra Dinnerware | Wisconsin Cheese

The James Beard Foundation gratefully acknowledges the generous support of:

The Chicago Department of Aviation | Choose Chicago | The Illinois Restaurant Association

See our complete list of sponsors at jamesbeard.org/awards/sponsors.

Learn more about the 2016 James Beard Awards.