Not quite the Oscars
Nominations are in for the James Beard Foundation Awards. The list includes nods to a number of locals.

• Outstanding Restaurateur – Ashok Bajaj – Ardeo, Bardeo, Bombay Club, The Oval Room, Rasika, and 701
• Best Chef Mid-Atlantic – Cathal Armstrong, Restaurant Eve; Carole Greenwood, Buck’s Fishing & Camping; Koji Terano, Sushi-Ko; Eric Ziebold, CityZen
• Outstanding Pastry Chef – Naomi Gallego, PS 7
• Rising Star of the Year – Johnny Monis, Komi
• Outstanding Chef – José Ramon Andres, Minibar
• Outstanding Restaurant – Vidalia
• Outstanding Wine Service – Vidalia
• Outstanding Wine & Spirits Professional – Terry Theise, Terry Theise Estate Selections; Todd Thrasher, Restaurant Eve
• Best New Restaurant – Central Michel Richard; The Source

Journeyman chef Anthony Bourdain and Michael Ruhlman have also announced their nominations for the First Golden Clog Awards [via Eater]. Naming the famous and the infamous, the list is chock full of the Food Network-hatred we’ve all grown to love, as well as some categories that show the softer side of Bourdain. Lucky for the area we had one nomination, and it was a nice one:

The Chef’s Chef Award

Also known as The What’s a Publicist? Award for the chef who continues to make the kind of food other chefs like, while flying largely under the national radar

Nominees: Scott Bryan for Veritas and now — some place in Virginia

Although Bryan has been replaced by Bertrand Chemel, Bourdain and most DCists share the same sentiment… 2941 is somewhere out there in Virginia, Falls Church to be exact.

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