Monday night’s James Beard Awards at the Lyric Opera of Chicago turned out to be a coronation for the city of Philadelphia.
After four previous finalist finishes, Stephen Starr took home the Outstanding Restaurateur award. Zahav’s Michael Solomonov was named Outstanding Chef and Greg Vernick, of Vernick Food & Drink in Philadelphia, took home Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic honors on his third try. Solomonov, who won the Mid-Atlantic award in 2011, was the city’s most recent victor.
Read more: How Stephen Starr keeps growing his restaurant empire.
Starr’s New York restaurant Le Coucou, a partnership with Chef Daniel Rose, earned Best New Restaurant.
Sam Calagione, the luminary behind Delaware-based Dogfish Head Brewery, added to the Mid-Atlantic haul with a win for Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional, an honor he came up short on six other times.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Best New Restaurant (Presented by True Refrigeration)
Le Coucou
NYC
Outstanding Baker
Mark Furstenberg
Bread Furst
Washington, D.C.
Outstanding Bar Program
Arnaud’s French 75 Bar
New Orleans
Outstanding Chef (Presented by All-Clad Metalcrafters)
Michael Solomonov
Zahav
Philadelphia
Outstanding Pastry Chef (Presented by Lavazza)
Ghaya Oliveira
Daniel
NYC
Outstanding Restaurant (Presented by S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water)
Topolobampo
Chicago
Outstanding Restaurateur
Stephen Starr
Starr Restaurants (Le Coucou, Serpico, Upland, and others)
Philadelphia
Outstanding Service
Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Pocantico Hills, NY
Outstanding Wine Program (Presented by Robert Mondavi Winery)
Canlis
Seattle
Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Professional
Sam Calagione
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Milton, DE
Rising Star Chef of the Year (Presented by S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water)
Zachary Engel
Shaya
New Orleans
Best Chef: Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH)
Sarah Grueneberg
Monteverde
Chicago
Read more: Sarah Grueneberg was an FSR Rising Star in 2016.
Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic (D.C., DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA)
Greg Vernick
Vernick Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Best Chef: Midwest (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI)
Kevin Nashan
Sidney Street Cafe
St. Louis
Best Chef: New York City (Five Boroughs)
Marco Canora
Hearth
Best Chef: Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY State, RI, VT)
Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley
Eventide Oyster Co.
Portland, ME
Best Chef: Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)
Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton and Greg Denton
Ox
Portland, OR
Best Chef: South (AL, AR, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, FL, LA, MS)
Rebecca Wilcomb
Herbsaint
New Orleans
Best Chef: Southeast (GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, WV)
Steven Satterfield
Miller Union
Atlanta
Best Chef: Southwest (AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX, UT)
Hugo Ortega
Hugo’s
Houston
Best Chef: West (CA, HI, NV)
Corey Lee
Benu
San Francisco
Who's Who of Food and Drink in America
Roger Berkowitz
President and CEO, Legal Sea Foods
Boston
Suzanne Goin
Multiple James Beard Award–Winning Chef and Restaurateur, A.O.C., Lucques, and Tavern
Los Angeles
Evan Kleiman
Culinarian; Host of KCRW’s Good Food
Santa Monica, CA
Michel Nischan
Multiple James Beard Award–Winning Chef; Founder, President, and CEO, Wholesome Wave
Bridgeport, CT
Rajat Parr
Domaine de la Cote
Lompoc, California
The 2017 America's Classics
Bertha's Kitchen
Charleston, SC
Owners: Julia Grant, Linda Pinckney, and Sharon Coakley
Gioia's Deli
St. Louis
Owner: Alex Donley
La Taqueria
San Francisco
Owner: Miguel Jara
Sahadi's
Brooklyn, NY
Owners: Christine Sahadi Whelan, and Ron Sahadi
Schultz's Crab House
Essex, MD
Owners: Karen and Bob McKinney
2017 JBF Humanitarian of the Year
Denise Cerreta
One World Everybody Eats
Salt Lake City
2017 JBF Lifetime Achievement Award
Nora Pouillon
Restaurant Nora
Washington, D.C.
