Winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards

The winners of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards include:

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RESTAURANTS AND CHEFS (NATIONAL)

_ Outstanding Restaurateur: Drew Nieporent, Myriad Restaurant Group, New York

_ Outstanding Chef: Dan Barber, Blue Hill, New York

_ Outstanding Restaurant: Jean Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Phil Suarez, New York

_ Outstanding New Restaurant: Momofuku Ko, David Chang and Peter Serpico, New York

_ Rising Star Chef: Nate Appleman, A16, San Francisco

_ Outstanding Pastry Chef: Gina DePalma, Babbo, New York

_ Outstanding Wine Service: Le Bernardin, Wine Director: Aldo Sohm, New York

_ Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional: Dale DeGroff, Dale DeGroff Co., New York

_ Outstanding Service: Daniel, Daniel Boulud, New York

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CHEFS (REGIONAL)

_ Best Chef: Great Lakes

Michael Symon, Lola, Cleveland

_ Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic

Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia

_ Best Chef: Midwest

Tim McKee, La Belle Vie, Minneapolis

_ Best Chef: New York

Gabriel Kreuther, The Modern, New York

_ Best Chef: Northeast

Rob Evans, Hugo's, Portland, Maine

_ Best Chef: Northwest

Maria Hines, Tilth, Seattle

_ Best Chef: Southwest

Paul Bartolotta, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas

_ Best Chef: South

John Currence, City Grocery, Oxford, Miss.

_ Best Chef: Southeast

Mike Lata, Fig, Charleston, S.C.

_ Best Chef: Pacific

Douglas Keane, Cyrus, Healdsburg, Calif.

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BOOKS

_ Cookbook of the Year

Jennifer McLagan, "Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes"

_ Cookbook Hall of Fame

Jane Grigson, body of work including "The Art of Charcuterie," "Good Things," and "Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book"

_ American Cooking

Martha Hall Foose, "Screen Doors and Sweet Tea: Recipes and Tales from a Southern Cook"

_ Baking and Dessert

Shirley O. Corriher, "Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking"

_ Beverage

Steven Kolpan, Brian H. Smith, Michael A. Weiss and The Culinary Institute of America, "WineWise: Your Complete Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Enjoying Wine"

_ Cooking from a Professional Point of View

Grant Achatz, "Alinea"

_ General

Mark Bittman, "How to Cook Everything (Completely Revised Tenth Anniversary Edition)"

_ Healthy Focus

Ellie Krieger, "The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life"

_ International

Jeffrey Alford and Naomi Duguid, "Beyond the Great Wall: Recipes and Travels in the Other China"

_ Photography

Photographer: Dominic Davies, "The Big Fat Duck Cookbook"

_ Reference

Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, "The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs"

_ Single Subject

Jennifer McLagan, "Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes"

_ Writing and Literature

Michael Pollan, "In Defense of Food"

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OTHER:

_ Humanitarian of the year: Feeding America

_ Lifetime achievement: Ella Brennan