James Beard Awards 2017: Chef and Restaurant Winners, the Complete List

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:

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

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 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