Tue 25 Mar 2008
The 2008 James Beard Award Nominees are out and listed here. A Northwest shout out goes to Portland chef, Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon nominated in the catagory of Rising Star Chef.
In the catagory of Outstanding Restaurateur Awaward, Tom Douglas makes an appearence
Canlis shows up as a nominee in the catagory of Outstanding Service
And in the BEST CHEF NW catagory, Washington blows out the compition outta the water with heavyweights Maria Hiens of Tilth, Holly Smith of Cafe Juanita, Ethan Stowell of Union, and Jason Wilson of Crush.
Best of luck to all these northwest tastemakers!
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 am
I am so happy that Seattle is finally getting put on the map culinarily speaking. It is still not up to par with New York or San Francisco, but all of these nominated chefs certainly deserve to be rewarded for their contribution to Seattle’s restaurant scene.