James Beard Awards 2017: Chef and Restaurant Winners, the Complete List
This year's awards were presented at the Lyric Opera in Chicago at a ceremony hosted by Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
The James Beard Foundation Awards were presented in Chicago tonight at a ceremony hosted by Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson (don't forget to check out last week's James Beard Media Awards' complete list of winners, announced last week in New York City). Here is this year's list of chef and restaurant winners:
2017 James Beard Foundation Restaurant Design Award Winners
75 Seats and Under (For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2014)
- Firm: AvroKO
- Designers: Kristina O’Neal, William Harris, Adam Farmerie, Greg Bradshaw
- Project: SingleThread, Healdsburg, California
76 Seats and Over (For the best restaurant design or renovation in North America since January 1, 2014
- Firm: Meyer Davis
- Designers: Will Meyer, Gray Davis, Katie McPherson
- Project: St. Cecilia, Atlanta
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Grand Central Oyster Bar, New York
2017 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award Winners
Best New Restaurant (Presented by True Refrigeration®)
Le Coucou
NYC
Outstanding Baker
- Mark Furstenberg
- Bread Furst
- Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Bar Program
Arnaud’s French 75 Bar
New Orleans
Outstanding Chef (Presented by All-Clad Metalcrafters)
- Michael Solomonov
- Zahav
- Philadelphia
Outstanding Pastry Chef (Presented by Lavazza)
- Ghaya Oliveira
- Daniel
- NYC
Outstanding Restaurant (Presented by S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water)
Topolobampo
Chicago
Outstanding Restaurateur
- Stephen Starr
- Starr Restaurants (Le Coucou, Serpico, Upland, and others)
- Philadelphia
Outstanding Service
Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Pocantico Hills, NY
Outstanding Wine Program (Presented by Robert Mondavi Winery)
Canlis
Seattle
Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional
- Sam Calagione
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Milton, DE
Rising Star Chef of the Year (Presented by S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water)
- Zachary Engel
- Shaya
- New Orleans
Best Chefs in America
Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)
- Sarah Grueneberg
- Monteverde
- Chicago
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
- Greg Vernick
- Vernick Food & Drink
- Philadelphia
Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI
- Kevin Nashan
- Sidney Street Cafe
- St. Louis
Best Chef: New York City (Five Boroughs)
Marco Canora
Hearth
Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY State, RI, VT)
- Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley
- Eventide Oyster Co.
- Portland, ME
Best Chef: Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)
- Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton
- Ox
- Portland, OR
Best Chef: South (AL, AR, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, FL, LA, MS)
- Rebecca Wilcomb
- Herbsaint
- New Orleans
Best Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV
- Steven Satterfield
- Miller Union
- Atlanta
Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX, UT
- Hugo Ortega
- Hugo’s
- Houston
Best Chef: West (CA, HI, NV)
- Corey Lee
- Benu
- San Francisco
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nora Pouillon, Restaurant Nora
Humanitarian of the Year
Denise Cerreta, One World Everybody Eats
America's Classic Award Winners
Bertha's Kitchen, Charleston, South Carolina
Gioia's Deli, St. Louis, Missouri
La Taqueria, San Francisco, California
Sahadi's, Brooklyn, New York
Schultz's Crab House, Essex, Maryland