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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

Monday, February 22, 2016

28 restaurants, chefs and bars in SF make the James Beard Awards semifinalist list

The 2016 James Beard Awards semifinalist list came out this morning, and San Francisco scored an impressive 28 nominations. There were plenty of familiar names—Belinda Leong, Michael Mina, Trick Dog—along with a few newcomers like Liholiho Yacht Club and Aatxe's Ryan Pollnow. Check out the full semifinalist list below:
Best New Restaurant: Cala, Liholiho Yacht Club
Outstanding Baker: Belinda Leong and Michel Suas (B. Patisserie), William Werner (Craftsman and Wolves)
Outstanding Bar Program: Bar Agricole, Trick Dog
Outstanding Chef: Nancy Oakes (Boulevard), Michael Tusk (Quince)
Outstanding Pastry Chef: Melissa Chou (Mourad), Juan Contreras (Atelier Crenn)
Outstanding Restaurant: Acquerello, Foreign Cinema, Restaurant Gary Danko
Outstanding Restaurateur: Michael Mina
Outstanding Service: Quince, Saison
Outstanding Wine Program: Benu, Nopa
Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional: Lance Winters (St. George Spirits)
Rising Star of the Year: Sara Hauman (Huxley), Ryan Pollnow (Aatxe),
Best Chef (West): Matthew Accarrino (SPQR), Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn), Mourad Lahlou (Mourad), Corey Lee (Benu), Melissa Perello (Octavia), Joshua Skenes (Saison), James Syhabout (Commis)
For a complete list of semifinalists, check out the list here. Stay tuned for the final nominees list to be released on March 15.

Article and images sourced from http://www.timeout.com/san-francisco/blog/28-restaurants-chefs-and-bars-in-sf-make-the-james-beard-awards-semifinalist-list-021716