Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Local James Beard Nominees

The RAMMY nominations party is tonight, so I'll have those posted as soon as I get back. But in the meantime, the 2009 James Beard Foundation Award nominees were announced yesterday (via Twitter), so here are some local contenders.

— Johnny Monis of Komi is nominated in the Rising Star category.

— The Best Chef Mid-Atlantic nominees are Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve, Peter Pastan of Obelisk, and Vikram Sunderam of Rasika.

— José Andrés is nominated for Outstanding Chef.

— The Washington Post is nominated for Newspaper Food Section, and Tom Sietsema for Newspaper Feature About Restaurants or Chefs and Restaurant Reviews.

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