James Beard Award Nominations Underway

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Is there a chef, bartender/mixologist, cookbook writer, restaurant or other food /beverage professional that you think deserves recognition?

 

Effective 15 October, the James Beard Foundation (JBF) is accepting entries for the 2015 James Beard Foundation Awards.  The awards are considered “the Oscars of the food world,” the James Beard Foundation Awards are the United States' most coveted honor for chefs; food and beverage professionals . In addition, the JBF has announced several new categories that will be added to the JBF Restaurant and Chef Awards, as well as to the JBF Book, Broadcast, and Journalism Awards.

photo courtesy of Chef Therese Nelson

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Entry deadlines are as follows:
Books published in 2014: 12/15/14
Restaurants and chefs: 12/31/14
Journalism articles on food, beverages, nutrition, and culinary travel published in 2014: 1/9/15

Webcasts, radio, and television shows aired in 2014: 1/9/15
Restaurant design: 1/31/15

 

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photo by TEP

Restaurant and Chef award semifinalists will be announced February 18, 2015. The final nominees in all categories will be announced on March 24, 2015. 

photo by TEP

 

photo by TEP

 

 

For more information, please visit jamesbeard.org/awards. Who will you nominate?

 

Be well,

 

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