Lucky Thirteen? Texas Chefs & Restaurants Get Semifinal Slots in James Beard Foundation Awards. It’s Like the Oscars of Food.
TEX-AS! TEX-AS! TEX-AS!! Hey! We did pretty well in the semifinals for the James Beard Foundation awards, announced a couple of days ago–thirteen Texas restaurants and chefs got nods. Of course, it ain’t like the numbers that New York garners, or Los Angeles (grumble, grumble), but considering the competition, thirteen is a very respectable showing. Following another elimination round, the final winners will be announced in May in New York at the James Beard gala banquet.
Seeing as how I’m in Austin, I’m especially happy that two local restaurants were recognized: Uchi and La Condesa. (La Condesa owner Jesse Herman could have been speaking for all the nominees when he said, “It’s an honor to be included in such great company–we hope it directs attention to the great local food scene.”)
Here are the nominees for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards:
SEMIFINALIST FOR OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR
Jim Goode and Levi Goode, Goode Company Restaurants, Houston
SEMIFINALIST FOR OUTSTANDING CHEF
Robert Del Grande, RDG + Bar Annie, Houston
Stephan Pyles, Stephan Pyles, Dallas
SEMIFINALIST FOR RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR
Justin Basye, Stella Sola, Houston
SEMIFINALIST FOR BEST NEW RESTAURANT
La Condesa, Austin
Samar, Dallas
SEMIFINALIST FOR BEST PASTRY CHEF
Plinio Sandalio, Textile, Houston
Philip Speer, Uchi, Austin
SEMIFINALISTS FOR BEST CHEF, SOUTHWEST
Bryan Caswell, Reef, Houston
Tyson Cole, Uchi, Austin
Sharon A. Hage, York Street, Dallas
Richard Knight and James Silk, Feast, Houston
Armando Pomales, Cafe Central, El Paso (Cafe Central is the source of the totally outrageous image at the top of this post! “Too much is never enough!”)
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