The finalists for the 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards have been announced via Twitter this afternoon, and unfortunately none of the members of the St. Louis culinary community who were named semifinalists for awards made the short list. Three St. Louis chefs were named semifinalists in the Best Chef: Midwest Category including Gerard Craft of Niche, Kevin Nashan of Sidney Street Cafe and Kevin Willmann of Farmhaus. Glenn Bardgett, wine director for Annie Gunn’s and wine columnist for Sauce, was also named a semifinalist in the category of Best Wine Service but was not named a finalist. Winners of the coveted culinary award will be announced at a gala and reception held in New York City Monday, May 9.
A pdf containing the full list of nominees is expected this afternoon.
This article appears in March 2011.