Tag: James Beard Foundation

This Just In – Saipin Chutima, Jose Andres Win James Beard Awards

Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.

Item: José Andrés wins James Beard Award tonight for Outstanding Chef.

Item: Saipin Chutima of our very own Lotus of Siam ties with some guy from Austin, Texas for Best Chef Southwest. (In other words: The Thai tied.)

Item: Most of the major awards go to New York City chefs and restaurants. (Filed under: So What Else Is New?)

Item: Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon in Portlandia, Oregon wins rising star chef.

Item: Robert (Lucci) Smith and Picasso get passed over for the fifth time for Outstanding Wine Service.

Item: ABC Kitchen, one of the New York restaurants ELV did vote for, wins Best New Restaurant.

Item: Click here for the complete list of winners.

Item: In his capacity as a JBF voter, ELV vows to continue nominating, lobbying and voting for Smith until justice is done!

ORIGIN INDIA on KLAS TV (CBS) Channel 8’s Dishing and Dining

ELV update: Just to annoy “Ravi” and satisfy other’s curiosity about the tasty snaps below, we have now labeled them for your information and delectation. To see pictures of the actual JBF event, click here.

In honor of Origin India‘s recent successful dinner at the James Beard House in New York City, here are a few tasty snaps of the dishes served there:

…and here is the video from a month ago on Channel 8 (ELV regrets his tardiness, but a life of libational licentiousness and gluttonous greed does take time):

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The James Beard Awards – A Tempest In A Teapot Or Something That Needs Fixing?

ELV doesn’t mean to start him no scandal, and he counts as his friends and respected colleagues both the executives and officers of the James Beard Foundation, but many of the James Beard Award winners of last night gave him and his staff pause for reflection — not the least of which is Momofuku Ko (a restaurant that no one has dined at) winning Best New Restaurant in the entire nation for 2009. For if ever there was an example of food writers and voters voting for a place based only on hype, this is it.

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