The James Beard Foundation Awards are like the Oscars, Grammy’s, and Emmy’s all rolled into one for the food world. The Oscagremmy’s? In any case the awards recognize the great work done by pretty much every aspect of food, from restaurants to writers. This year I happened upon the list of nominees on Twitter, via the James Beard Foundation twitter page. I’ve got the entire posting of that feed below for you to see the nominees, and I was even nice enough to do some minor formatting. Though not too much, it’s late at night and I had a big burger for dinner. I am Le Tired.

The James Beard Foundation Awards 2009 will take place at the Lincoln Center in NYC on May 4th. So if you’re going to be around and want to join in the festivities you can visit JB Awards to buy your tickets. There’s currently a deal going on until April 4th for $50 off the ticket price.

• Nominees for Outstanding Chef (All-Clad Metalcrafters): José Andrés, Dan Barber, Tom Colicchio, Suzanne Goin, and Paul Kahan
• Outstanding Restaurant nominees: Babbo, Boulevard, Fore Street, Highlands Bar & Grill, and Jean Georges
• Outstanding Restaurateur nominees: Tom Douglas, Keith McNally, Richard Melman, Drew Nieporent, and Stephen Starr
• Outstanding Service nominees (Stella Artois): Daniel, Emeril’s New Orleans, La Grenouille, Spiaggia, and Vetri
• Best New Restaurant nominees (Lexus): The Bazaar by José Andrés, Corton, L2O, Momofuku Ko, and Scarpetta
• Outstanding Pastry Chef (All-Clad Metalcrafters): Gina DePalma, Kamel Guechida, Pichet Ong, Nicole Plue, and Mindy Segal
• The Rising Star nominees are: Nate Appleman, Sean Brock, Johnny Monis, Gabriel Rucker, Michael Solomonov, and Sue Zemanick
• Best Chef: Great Lakes nominees: Koren Grieveson, Arun Sampanthavivat, Bruce Sherman, Michael Symon, and Alex Young
• Best Chef: Midwest nominees are: Isaac Becker, Gerard Craft, Colby Garrelts, Tim McKee, Alexander Roberts
• The Best Chef: Northeast nominees are: Rob Evans, Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier, Michael Leviton, Tony Maws, and Marc Orfaly
• The Best Chef: New York City nominees are: Michael Anthony, Terrance Brennan, Wylie Dufresne, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Gabriel Kreuther
• The Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic nominees are: Cathal Armstrong, Jose Garces, Peter Pastan, Maricel Presilla, and Vikram Sunderam
• The nominees for Best Chef: Southeast are: Hugh Acheson, Linton Hopkins, Mike Lata, Bill Smith, and Bob Waggoner
• The nominees for Best Chef: South are: Zach Bell, John Currence, John Harris, Douglas Rodriguez, and Michael Schwartz
• The nominees for Best Chef: Southwest are: Paul Bartolotta, Sharon Hage, Ryan Hardy, Claude Le Tohic, and Andrew Weissman
• The nominees for Best Chef: Pacific are: Jeremy Fox, Douglas Keane, Loretta Keller, David Kinch, and Daniel Patterson
• The Best Chef: Northwest nominees are: Maria Hines, Joseba Jiménez de Jiménez, Ethan Stowell, Cathy Whims, Jason Wilson
• The 2009 inductees into the Who’s Who of Food & Beverage are: David Burke, John T. Edge, Dorothy Cann Hamilton, Betty Fussell, Clark Wolf
• Wine & Spirits Pro (Southern Wine & Spirits of NY): Dale DeGroff, Merry Edwards, Garrett Oliver, John and Doug Shafer, Julian P. Van Winkle
• The Outstanding Wine Service nominees are: Bin 36, Blackberry Farm, Le Bernardin, Patina, and Picasso at Bellagio
• Rest. Graphics: Jason Pickleman/Donald Madia (Publican), Denise Korn/Javier Cortés/Bryant Ross (Corner Office), Steven Solomon (Terroir)
• Rest. Design: Thomas Schlesser (Publican), Thomas Schlesser (Bar Boulud),and Philippe Starck/Bruno Barrione/Theresa Fatino (The Bazaar)
• Photography: The Big Fat Duck Cookbook, Decadent Desserts, and Haute Chinese Cuisine from the Kitchen of Wakiya
• Writing and Literature: In Defense of Food, Shark’s Fin and Sichuan Pepper, and Raising Steaks
• Reference and Scholarship: Milk, The Flavor Bible, and The Science of Good Food
• International: Beyond the Great Wall, Jewish Holiday Cooking, and Southeast Asian Flavors
• Healthy Focus: Cooking with the Seasons at Rancho La Puerta, EatingWell for a Healthy Heart Cookbook, and The Food You Crave
• General Cooking: How to Cook Everything (10th Anniv. Ed.), Martha Stewart’s Cooking School, and The Bon Appétit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook
• Cooking from a Professional Point of View: Alinea, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook, and Under Pressure
• Beverage: The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea, The Wines of Burgundy, and WineWise
• Baking: Bakewise, Baking for All Occasions, and The Art and Soul of Baking
• American Cooking: Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking, Cooking Up a Storm, and Screen Doors and Sweet Tea
• The nominees for this year’s Book Awards (Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate) are:
• The 2009 Lifetime Achievement honoree is Ella Brennan of the Brennan Family of Restaurants, which includes Commander’s Palace. This year’s Humanitarian of the Year recipient is Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest)
• 2009 America’s Classics: Arnold’s Country Kitchen, Breitbach’s Country Dining, Mustache Bill’s Diner, Totonno’s, and Yank Sing
• Video Webcast: School Lunch Revolutionary (Chow.com), Art of Blending (Graperadio.com), Savoring the Best of World Flavors (Ciaprochef.com)
• The Broadcast Media Award Nominees (Viking Range Corporation) for television, webcast, and radio programs aired in 2008 are:
• MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: Celia Barbour (O, The Oprah Magazine), Aleksandra Crapanzano (Gourmet), Alan Richman (GQ)
• Food Blogs: The BA Foodist (Bonappetit.com), Hunter Angler Gardener Cook (Honest-food.net) Our One-Block Diet (Oneblockdiet.sunset.com)
• Multimedia: Ruth Reichl (Gourmet.com): Gourmet Cookbook Club and The Test Kitchen; Mike Sula (Chicagoreader.com): Whole Hog Project
• Website Focusing on Food, Beverage, Restaurant, or Nutrition: Chow.com, Epicurious.com, and Gourmet.com
• Writing on Spirits, Wine, or Beer: Jon Bonné (San Francisco Chronicle), Jay McInerney (Men’s Vogue), Alan Richman (GQ)
• Food-Related Columns: Dorie Greenspan (Bon Appétit), Corby Kummer (The Atlantic), and Laura Shapiro (Gourmet.com)
• Nutrition/Food-Related Issues: Barry Estabrook (Gourmet), Mark Adams, et al (New York Magazine), Rachael Moeller Gorman (EatingWell)
• Restaurant Reviews: Jonathan Gold (LA Weekly), Adam Platt (New York Magazine), and Tom Sietsema (The Washington Post)
• Magazine Feature Writing w/o Recipes: Alan Richman (GQ), Patricia Sharpe (Texas Monthly), Monique Truong (Gourmet)
• Magazine Feature with Recipes: Edna Lewis (Gourmet)*published posthumously, David Dobbs and John Ash (EatingWell), James Peterson (Saveur)
• Magazine Feature Writing about Restaurants and/or Chefs: Ruth Reichl (Gourmet), Alan Richman (Departures), Anya von Bremzen (Food & Wine)
• Newspaper Food Section: Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Washington Post

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• Newspaper Feature w/ Recipes: Rebekah Denn (Seattle Post-Intelligencer), David Leite (New York Times), Kathleen Purvis (Charlotte Observer)
• Newspaper Feature w/o Recipes: Monica Eng (Chicago Tribune), Kristen Hinman (Riverfront Times), and Craig LaBan (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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