The Winners & Nominees

Check out who made the cut to be a nominee in the 2017 Tasty Awards — and discover the winners annouced at the live awards show!

RESTAURANT & CHEF AWARDS

New Chef: East

• Camille Becerra, De Maria (New York)
• Camille Cogswell, Zahav (Philadelphia)
• Jonah Reider, Pith (New York)
• Daniel Rose, Le Coucou (New York)
  WINNER: Greg Baxtrom, Olmsted (Brooklyn)

New Chef: South

• Brad Kilgore, Alter (Miami)
• Ryan Lachaine, Riel (Houston)
• Rebecca Wilcomb, Herbsaint (New Orleans)
• Justin Yu, Better Luck Tomorrow (Houston)
  WINNER: Nina Compton, Compère Lapin (New Orleans)

New Chef: West

• Peter Cho, Han Oak (Portland)
• Edouardo Jordan, Salare (Seattle)
• Johnny Lee, Side Chick (California)
• Pretti Mistry, Navi Kitchen, Juhu Beach Club (San Francisco)
  WINNER: Sara Kramer & Sarah Hymanson, Kismet (LA)

New Chef: North

• Michael Gallina, Vicia (St. Louis)
• Sarah Grueneberg, Monteverde (Chicago)
• David Posey, Elske (Chicago)
• Jason Vincent, Giant (Chicago)
  WINNER: Ann Kim, Young Joni (Minneapolis)

Outstanding Chef

• Dan Barber, Blue Hill (New York)
• Roy Choi and Dan Patterson (Oakland)
• Dominique Crenn, Atelier Crenn (San Francisco)
• Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park and The NoMad (New. York)
  WINNER: Alice Waters, Chez Panisse (Berkeley)

New Restaurant: East

• ATLA (New York)
• Juliet (Boston)
• Nina June (Rockport, ME)
• Res Ipsa (Philadelphia)
  WINNER: Lilia (Brooklyn)

New Restaurant: South

• Bastion (Nashville)
• Kemuri Tatsu-Ya (Austin)
• McCrady's Tavern (Charleston)
• Q by Peter Chang (Bethesda, MD)
  WINNER: Pineapple and Pearls (Washington, DC)

New Restaurant: West

• Destroyer (Los Angeles)
• Felix (Los Angeles)
• In Situ (San Francisco)
• Tusk (Portland)
  WINNER: JuneBaby (Seattle)

New Restaurant: North

• Grand Cafe (Minneapolis)
• Lady of the House (Detroit)
• Mi Tocaya Antojería (Chicago)
• Young Joni (Minneapolis) 
  WINNER: Elske (Chicago)

OUTSTANDING Restaurant

• Blackbird (Chicago))
• Del Posto (New York)
• Manresa (Los Gatos, CA)
• Providence (Los Angeles)
  WINNER: Blue Hill at Stone Barns (New York

 
Pastry Chef

• Roger Gural, Arcade Bakery (New York)
• Ghaya Oliveira, Daniel (New York)
• Zak Stern, Zak the Baker (Miami)
• Fabian von Hauske, Contra (New York)
  WINNER: Elisabeth Prueitt, Tartine (San Francisco)

Bar Program

• Columbia Room (Washington, D.C.)
• Lost Lake (Chicago)
• Midnight Rambler (Dallas)
• Nitecap (New York)
  WINNER: Trick Dog (San Francisco)

Service

• Aska (Brooklyn)
• Been (San Francisco)
• Le Coucou (New York)
• The Grill (New York)
  WINNER: Alinea (Chicago)

MEDIA AWARDS

Cookbook

• Candy is Magic by Jami Curl
• On Vegetables by Jeremy Fox & Noah Galuten
• Salad For President: A Cookbook Inspired by Artists by Julia Sherman
• Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, With Recipes by Ronni Lundy
  WINNER: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking by Samin Nosrat

Food Literature Book

• Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker
• Never Out of Season: How Having the Food We Want When We Want It Threatens Our Food Supply and Our Future by Rob Dunn
• Potlikker Papers by John T. Edge
• Wine. All The Time by Marissa Ross
  WINNER: Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America by Michael Ruhlman

BEVERAGE BOOK

• A Proper Drink by Robert Simonson
• Shake. Stir. Sip.: More Than 50 Effortless Cocktails Made in Equal
• The Dirty Guide to Wine: Following Flavor from Ground to Glass by Alice Feiring
• Where Bartenders Drink by Adrienne Stillman
  WINNER: Meehan's Bartender Manual by Jim Meehan

Food television show

• Dead Set On Life
• Driven by Food
• Huang's World
• Samurai Gourmet
  WINNER: Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown

Web video or series

• Byron Talbott
• Cooking in America
• Hot Ones (First We Feast)
• Our Heart Within Us (The Perennial Plate)
  WINNER: The Food Lab

Photographer

• Clare Barboza (clarebarboza.com)
• Christopher Boffoli (bigappetites.net)
• Chris Court (chriscourt.com)
• Maciek Jasik (maciekjasik.com)
  WINNER: Evan Sung (evansung.com) 

Radio Show or Podcast

• Bite - Tom Philpott, Kiera Butler, and Maddie Oatman for Mother Jones
• Speaking Broadly - Dana Cowin for Heritage Radio
• The Super Amazing Restaurant Show - Alvin Cailan, Nakul & Arjun Mahendro
• The Racist Sandwich - Soleil Ho, Zahir Janmohamed & Juan Diego Ramirez
  WINNER: Good Food - Evan Kleiman for KCRW

Magazine or Zine

• Cherry Bombe
• Gather Journal
• Milk Street Magazine
• The Cleaver Quarterly
  WINNER: Lucky Peach

Online Media Website

• First We Feast (firstwefeast.com)
• Munchies (munchies.tv)
• New York Times Cooking (cooking.nytimes.com)
• The New Food Economy (newfoodeconomy.com)
  WINNER: Eater (eater.com)

Culinary Blog

• Dine x Design, Kristin Guy
• Husbands That Cook, Adam Merrin & Ryan Alvarez
• Two For The Bar, Talia Kleinplatz
• Wild Greens and Sardines, Linda Schneider
  WINNER: The Food Lab on Serious Eats, J. Kenji López-Alt

Magazine / Newspaper article

• "Bernard Baff and the Kosher Killers" by Tove Danovich for Lucky Peach
• "Feeding the prison system: Some inmates buy way around institutional cooking" by Hanna Raskin for The Post and Courier
• "Journey to the Home of Korea's Mother Sauces" by Matt Rodbard for Saveur
• "The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America" by Nick Paumgarten for the New Yorker
  WINNER: "A Day in the Life of a Food Vendor" by Tejal Rao for the New York Times

Restaurant review

• "Founding Fathers review: Zero stars for the mega-popular D.C. eatery" by Tom Sietsema for The Washington Post
• "Is The World Ready For the Austere Beauty of Günter Seeger?" by Bill Addison for Eater
• "The Crushing Disappointment of L'Arpège" by Ryan Sutton for Eater
• "Union Square Cafe Returns, With More Than a Dash of Déja Vu" by Pete Wells for the New York Times
  WINNER: "Trump Grill Could Be the Worst Restaurant in America" by Tina Nguyen for Vanity Fair

INNOVATION AWARDS

Startup

• Beyond Meat 
• Farmer's Fridge
• Habit
• Modern Meadow
  WINNER: Impossible Foods

Non-Profit

• Heritage Radio Network
• Pilot Light
• The Melting Pot Foundation
• The Patachou Foundation
  WINNER: No Kid Hungry

 
Environmental, Agricultural, or Sustainable Innovation

• L.A. Kitchen
• MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative (OpenAg)
• Saltwater Brewery
• Square Roots
  WINNER: Seafood Watch, Monterey Bay Aquarium

 
Academic Institution or Organization

• Brigaid
• The Culinary Institute of America
• Journee
• SF Cooking School
  WINNER: Southern Foodways Alliance