No idea why the James Beard Foundation broke the finalists for 2017 into two press releases, but it’s my fault for not wanting to sit through the long streaming announcement – there just wasn’t enough wine in the house. Here are a few more: Best Chef: Northwest Portland Nominees: Katy Millard of Coquine Restaurant. Justin – Read more…
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Oregon Loses 2016 James Beard Awards
Oregon is shut out of the 2016 James Beard Awards Is the bloom off the rose? Perhaps Portland is experiencing some backlash after years of good press. Here are the final results out of the 20 original 2016 James Beard Awards nominations that we started with: Justin Woodward of Castagna restaurant, and Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez – Read more…
Portland Falls Short on 2016 James Beard Nominations
The James Beard Foundation is once again stretching their yearly awards program to get as much publicity as possible. A press release this week lists the 2016 finalists. Only three Portland authors/chefs/restaurants have been retained from the original list of 18 local semi-finalists. The winners will be announced on May 2nd. American Cooking Book Award Jackie and Adam – Read more…
2016 James Beard Foundation Semifinalists Announced
The James Beard Foundation has announced the 2016 restaurant and chef award semifinalists. As usual, a bunch of Portland places made the list. Of course there will only be a few winners by the time this shakes out, but what the heck, I’ll list them all, bolding the Oregon nominations. For those of you who only – Read more…
Vote for Food & Wine People’s Best New Chef
Food & Wine magazine is asking for votes for “People’s Best New Chef: Northwest & Pacific”. Portland has a good selection of contenders – Greg Denton & Gabrielle Quiñonez Denton from OX, Joshua McFadden of Ava Gene’s and Roman Candle, Sarah Pliner of Aviary, Scott Snyder of Levant, Smallwares Joanna Ware, and Justin Woodward of – Read more…
James Beard Semifinalists 2013 Announced
As every year about this time, the James Beard Foundation announced its huge list of semifinalists for the 2013 Restaurant and Chef awards. While the list includes plenty of local chefs and restaurants, no Portland restaurants are nominated in the “Best Restaurant” section. Note that Portland also did not get any nominations for “Best Service” (gasp). For maximum press coverage, each – Read more…