The city, last year was deemed to have the most outstanding restaurant in the country, made a less than impressive showing this year despite hosting the event.
Tag: James Beard Foundation Awards
What’s the only beer on tap at Beard nominee Parachute?
Illuminated Brew Works developed the Belgian-style farmhouse table beer Pareidolia with Parachute beverage director Matty Colston.
Chicago produces a James Beard award show that honors the producers
How Chicago fared competing for—and running—the James Beard Foundation awards.
Chicago’s food media fared better in the Beard Award noms this year
And the restaurants did as well as they always do.
Restaurants in running for Beards, media not so much
The James Beard Foundation Awards announcements yesterday showed a scene that’s strong on one side, not very strong on the other.
Nico Osteria’s Erling Wu-Bower talks his Italian method
The chef of Nico Osteria on the beautiful simplicity of Italian cuisine and seafood.
Meet the Chicago chefs who just got short-listed for the Beard Awards
This year’s James Beard Awards short list gets Chicago pretty well.
Beard season
Chicago nominees for the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards were announced yesterday.
Key Ingredient Wins a Beard Award
Julia Thiel and Michael Gebert score another Beard award for the Reader with a win for their multimedia feature Key Ingredient.
Key Ingredient Grabs a Beard Nom
Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, and a host of Chicago chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants picked up nominations today for the annual James Beard awards, aka the “Oscars of the food world.”