Monday, March 21, 2016

The 2016 James Beard Foundation Awards Finalists in San Francisco


The James Beard Foundation Awards saga continues, and today, March 15, the finalists were announced. San Francisco's big standouts include Liholiho Yacht Club up for Best New Restaurant, Bar Agricole for Outstanding Bar Program and Michael Tusk (Quince, Cotogna) for Outstanding Chef and Outstanding Service. San Francisco nominees were sadly cut out ofOutstanding Pastry Chef, Outstanding Restaurant, Rising Star Chef of the Year and more, but there's still a strong San Francisco showing overall.
The winners will be announced at the awards gala on Monday, May 2 at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. See the full showing of Bay Area finalists below, and head here for the complete, nationwide list:
Best New Restaurant
  • Liholiho Yacht Club

Outstanding Baker
  • Belinda Leong and Michel Suas, B. Patisserie
  • William Werner, Craftsman and Wolves
Outstanding Bar Program
  • Bar Agricole

Outstanding Chef
  • Michael Tusk, Quince

Outstanding Restaurateur
  • Michael Mina, Mina Restaurants, San Francisco (Michael Mina, Bourbon Steak, RN74, and others)
  • Cindy Pawlcyn, Napa, CA (Mustards Grill, Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen, Cindy's Waterfront at the Monterey Bay Aquarium)
Outstanding Service
  • Quince

Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional
  • Miljenko Grgich, Grgich Hills Estate, Rutherford, CA
Best Chef: West 
  • Matthew Accarrino, SPQR, San Francisco 
  • Michael Cimarusti, Providence, Los Angeles 
  • Dominique Crenn, Atelier Crenn, San Francisco 
  • Jeremy Fox, Rustic Canyon, Santa Monica, CA 
  • Corey Lee, Benu, San Francisco 
  • Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo, Animal, Los Angeles

Article and images sourced from http://sf.eater.com/2016/3/15/11236762/james-beard-foundation-awards-finalists-san-francisco-2016

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