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2018 James Beard Foundation Award Winners Presented in Restaurant and Chef and Restaurant Design Categories
the James Beard Foundation (JBF) | May 9, 2018
NEW YORK, NY (May 8, 2018) – Winners were announced this evening, Monday, May 7, 2018, at the James Beard Foundation Awards at Lyric Opera of Chicago. During a ceremony emceed by Carla Hall, co-host of ABC's The Chew, awards were presented in the Restaurant and Chef and Restaurant Design categories, as well as several special achievement awards, including Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America, Lifetime Achievement, Design Icon, America's Classics, and Humanitarian of the Year. A complete list of award winners can be found at the end of this release and at jamesbeard.org/awards. Highlights from this year's list of winners inc...
James Beard Foundation Selects Paula Wolfert as 2018 Lifetime Achievement Honoree
the James Beard Foundation (JBF) | March 2, 2018
NEW YORK, NY (March 2, 2018) – Today the James Beard Foundation announced Paula Wolfert, multiple James Beard Award–winning author, as the 2018 Lifetime Achievement honoree. Wolfert's career in food began in the 1950s, when on the advice of her mother, the newly married Columbia graduate took up cooking classes. She learned from and eventually worked for Dione Lucas, the first woman to have a TV cooking show, in addition to working for James Beard, himself. In 1959 she moved to Tangiers, where her love of Mediterranean and Moroccan cooking began and would be translated into nine books during her career. Her first book, Cousc...
James Beard Award–Winning Chef José Andrés Named Humanitarian of the Year
the James Beard Foundation (JBF) | February 21, 2018
NEW YORK, NY (February 21, 2018) – The James Beard Foundation announced today that José Andrés, multiple James Beard Award–winning chef, owner of ThinkFoodGroup, humanitarian and founder of World Central Kitchen, has been named the recipient of the 2018 James Beard Humanitarian Award. Andrés is a committed advocate of food and hunger issues and is known for championing the role of chefs in the national debate on food policy. In 2012, Andrés formed World Central Kitchen, a non-profit that provides smart solutions to hunger and poverty by using the power of food to empower communities and strengthen...
