As Jason mentioned in Leading Off this morning, Stephan Pyles has made the list of semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Awards — twice. The man himself is a semifinalist for Outstanding Chef for his work at his eponymous Stephan Pyles restaurant. And his Samar, right down the street, is a semifinalist for Best New Restaurant.
The link Jason gave was to a story on nbcdfw.com, which said Pyles was the only chef in North Texas to be named a semifinalist. Alert FBvian Marcus had a look at the semifinalists list and noticed that the fine folks at nbcdfw.com missed Sharon Hage’s name. She’s a semifinalist in the Best Chef Southwest category.
Congrats to both. I’m sure Nancy will have a more extensive post on this in a bit over on SideDish.
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Tim owes me 1 beer @ the Monk.
We owe you one, too, Marcus. Thanks.
I’ll tell you who gets big awards from me: The chefs at this event today:http://www.ntfb.org/d_empty_bowls_info.cfm
Fantastic soups and breads all for the benefit of NTFB. Man, when people complain about our city, I wish they would pay attention to things like this.
* Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital
* Big Shucks
* Blue Mesa
* Bolla at the Stoneleigh Hotel & Spa
* Boudreaux’s
* Cabot Creamery Cooperative
* Celebration Market & Restaurant
* Children’s Medical Center of Dallas/Sodexo
* Couture Confections
* Dave & Buster’s
* Dining at the Meyerson
* Gordon Biersch
* Great Harvest Bread Co.
* Greenz, salads for z’ adventurous
* JD’s Chippery
* Morton’s The Steakhouse Dallas
* North Texas Food Bank Community Kitchen
* Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
* Paciugo Gelato & Caffè
* Royal Cup Coffee
* The Place at Perry’s
* Tom Thumb
* Wolfgang Puck Catering
@ Greg
Just give Tammy Dombeck a hug for me and we’ll be even.