James Beard '09 Winners by Region

[MarkGrace]

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
GREAT LAKES
(IL, IN, MI, OH)
Michael Symon
Lola
Cleveland, OH

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
MID-ATLANTIC
(DC, DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
Jose Garces
Amada
Philadelphia, PA

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
MIDWEST
(IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)
Tim McKee
Minneapolis, MN

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
NEW YORK CITY
(FIVE BOROUGHS)
Gabriel Kreuther
New York, NY

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
NORTHEAST
(CT, MA, ME, NH, NY STATE, RI, VT)
Rob Evans
Portland, ME

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
NORTHWEST
(AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)
Maria Hines
Tilth
Seattle, WA

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
SOUTHWEST
(AZ, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)
Paul Bartolotta
Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn
Las Vegas

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
SOUTH
(AL, AR, FL, LA, MS)
John Currence
City Grocery
Oxford, MS

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
SOUTHEAST
(GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)
Mike Lata
Fig
Charleston, SC

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
PACIFIC
(CA, HI)
Douglas Keane
Cyrus
Healdsburg, CA

http://www.jamesbeard.org/files/2009...rd_Winners.pdf

Has Hawai'i always been grouped with CA? I could have sworn that it used to be in the NW category, though I'm not sure why I thought that as it doesn't make any real sense.

Anyway, if you're in Seattle, Tilth is great. I recommended it to DDD for brunch when he was up here but he blew me off.

[Donuthole]

I recommended it to DDD for brunch when he was up here but he blew me off.

He has a bad habit of doing that.

[MarkGrace]

I had only met him in person for just a couple of hours. Had I known him longer, my expectations would have been greater.

[Drunk Tank]

CATEGORY: BEST CHEF:
SOUTHWEST
(AZ, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT)
Paul Bartolotta
Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn
Las Vegas


Anyone ever eaten here? I think the wife and I are going to Vegas for our next anniversary. We cant resist good food.

[MarkGrace]

That's D-Hole country. Tell him to get on it.