Outstanding Service Award
“A restaurant that demonstrates high standards of hospitality and service. Candidates must have been in operation for at least the past 5 years.”
Daniel
NYC
Owners: Daniel Boulud and Joel Smilow
Emeril’s New Orleans
New Orleans
Owner: Emeril Lagasse
La Grenouille
NYC
Owners: Charles Masson and Giséle Masson
Spiaggia
Chicago
Owner: Levy Restaurants
Vetri
Philadelphia
Owners: Marc Vetri and Jeff Benjamin
Best Chefs in America
“Chefs who have set new or consistent standards of excellence in their respective regions. Candidates must have been working as chefs in any type of dining establishment for at least the past 5 years. The 3 most recent years must have been spent in the region where the chef is presently working.”
Best Chef: Pacific (CA, HI)
Jeremy Fox
Ubuntu
Napa, CA
Douglas Keane
Cyrus
Healdsburg, CA
Loretta Keller
Coco500
San Francisco
David Kinch
Manresa
Los Gatos, CA
Daniel Patterson
Coi
San Francisco
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
Cathal Armstrong
Restaurant Eve
Alexandria, VA
Jose Garces
Amada
Philadelphia
Peter Pastan
Obelisk
Washington, D.C.
Maricel Presilla
Cucharamama
Hoboken, NJ
Vikram Sunderam
Rasika
Washington, D.C.
Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)
Isaac Becker
112 Eatery
Minneapolis
Gerard Craft
Niche
St. Louis, MO
Colby Garrelts
Bluestem
Kansas City, MO
Tim McKee
La Belle Vie
Minneapolis
Alexander Roberts
Restaurant Alma
Minneapolis
Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)
Koren Grieveson
Avec
Chicago
Arun Sampanthavivat
Arun’s
Chicago
Bruce Sherman
North Pond
Chicago
Michael Symon
Lola
Cleveland
Alex Young
Zingerman’s Roadhouse
Ann Arbor, MI
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