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The 2011 James Beard Award Astounds. A Foodie’s delight…

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The complete list of awards:

Best New Restaurant
ABC Kitchen, New York City; chef/owner: Jean-Georges Vongerichten; owner: Phil Suarez

Outstanding Chef Award
José Andrés, minibar, Washington.

Outstanding Pastry Chef Award
Angela Pinkerton, Eleven Madison Park, New York City.

Outstanding Restaurant Award
Eleven Madison Park, New York City; owner: Danny Meyer.

Outstanding Restaurateur Award
Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Chicago.

Outstanding Service Award
Per Se, New York City, chef/owner: Thomas Keller.

Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional Award
Julian P. Van Winkle III, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Louisville, Ky.

Outstanding Wine Service Award
The Modern, New York City; wine director: Belinda Chang.

Rising Star Chef of the Year Award
Gabriel Rucker, Le Pigeon, Portland, Ore.

Best Chef: Great Lakes (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio)
Alex Young, Zingerman’s Roadhouse, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (Washington, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Michael Solomonov, Zahav, Philadelphia.

Best Chef: Midwest (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin)
Isaac Becker, 112 Eatery, Minneapolis.

Best Chef: New York City
Gabrielle Hamilton, Prune, New York City.

Best Chef: Northeast (Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and New York — excluding the five boroughs of New York City)
Tony Maws, Craigie On Main, Cambridge, Mass.

Best Chef: Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington State, Wyoming)
Andy Ricker, Pok Pok, Portland, Ore.

Best Chef: Pacific (California, Hawaii)
Michael Tusk, Quince, San Francisco.

Best Chef: South (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Stephen Stryjewski, Cochon, New Orleans.

Best Chef: Southeast (Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia)
Andrea Reusing, Lantern, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Best Chef: Southwest (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah)
Saipin Chutima, Lotus of Siam, Las Vegas, and Tyson Cole, Uchi, Austin, Tex., (tie).

Who’s Who of Food & Beverage in America Inductees
Jonathan Gold, writer, LA Weekly, Los Angeles.
Lee Jones, farmer/ owner, Chef’s Garden, Huron, Ohio.
Charles Phan, chef/owner, The Slanted Door, San Francisco.
Frank Stitt, chef/owner, Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, Ala.
Nick Valenti, chief executive, Patina Restaurant Group, New York City.

America’s Classics Awards
Chef Vola’s, Atlantic City, N.J.; owners: Louise Esposito, Michael Esposito, Michael Esposito Jr., Louis Esposito.
Crook’s Corner, Chapel Hill, N.C.; owner: Gene Hamer.
Noriega Restaurant and Hotel, Bakersfield, Calif., owners: Linda Elizalde McCoy and Rochelle Ladd.
Le Veau d’Or, New York City; owner: Robert Tréboux.
Watts Tea Shop, Milwaukee; president and chief executive: Sam Watts.

Lifetime Achievement Award
Kevin Zraly.

Humanitarian of the Year
FareStart.

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