James Beard Awards Part 1

Delivered February 26th, 2018. Contributors: Sarah F., Shannon L., Daniela P., Kiersten M. and

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James Beard Award Winners: 1991-1995

In the years 1991 to 1995, 105 chefs were either nominated for or won the James Beard Award for Best Chef. Of these chefs, Roberto Donna and Sanford D'Amato were each nominated or won for all five years.  Christopher Schlesinger, Elizabeth Terry, Frank Brigtsen, Gordon Hamersley, Janos Wilder, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Kaspar Donier, Robert Kinkead, and Tom Douglas were nominated or won the best chef award four out of the five years. I've added these chefs and the rest of my findings to the attached spreadsheet. 

Using the search parameters given James Beard search tool, I was able to compile a list of 105 chefs fitting the criteria. After adding the chefs to the spreadsheet for each year, I went back through and removed the duplicate entries, adding the coresponding years to the original entry for each chef.

The spreadsheet has been updated with 105 chefs as well as the accompanying nomination or winning years, ranging from 1991 to 1995. The spreadsheet can be accessed here. 

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James Beard Award Winners: 1996-2000

An additional 59 unique chefs were either nominated or won the James Beard Award for Best Chef between 1996 and 2000. Arun Sampanthavivat, Ben Barker, Frank Brigtsen, Lidia Bastianich, and Jean-Louis Gerin where either nominated or won for Best Chef seven out of ten years. Janos Wilder is the only chef to be nominated or win nine out of ten years. The new chefs were added to the attached spreadsheet. The chefs from the previous request were updated to reflect their nominations for the years of 1996 to 2000. 

Using the search parameters given for the James Beard search tool, I was able to compile a list of 59 additional chefs fitting the criteria. After adding the chefs to the spreadsheet for each year, I went back through and removed the duplicate entries, adding the corresponding years to the original entry for each chef. 

The spreadsheet has been updated with an additional 59 chefs as well as the accompanying nomination or winning years, ranging from 1996 to 2000. The chefs previously listed have been updated to reflect the same time frame. The spreadsheet can be accessed here. 

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James Beard Award Winners: 2001-2005

An additional 65 unique chefs who either won or were nominated for the James Beard Best Chef Award between 2001 and 2005 were entered onto the attached spreadsheet. Thirty-five of these chefs won or were nominated in multiple years during this time frame. Chefs Bruce Auden, Todd Gray, and Michael Kornick were the only three chefs to win or be nominated all five years from 2001 to 2005. 

As requested, the James Beard Winners website was the only source used to complete this request. As a result, I did not include the source in column F, assuming this space is meant for future requests. Using the search parameters given for the James Beard search tool, I found the following data for each of the five years I was assigned:

In 2001, there were 27 repeat winners or nominees compared to 14 new winners or nominees.

In 2002, there were 30 repeat winners or nominees compared to 11 new winners or nominees.

In 2003, there were 29 repeat winners or nominees compared to 11 new winners or nominees.

In 2004, there were 30 repeat winners or nominees compared to 10 new winners or nominees.

In 2005, there were 22 repeat winners or nominees compared to 19 new winners or nominees.

I ensured there were no duplicates added to the list, instead adding the year to existing winners or nominees. As such, the spreadsheet has been updated with an additional 65 new chefs as well as the accompanying nomination or winning years, ranging from 2001 to 2005. The chefs previously listed have been updated to reflect the same time frame. The spreadsheet can be accessed here.

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James Beard Award Winners: 2006-2010

The James Beard Award honors American chefs and leaders for excellence in culinary endeavors. Each year, there are approximately 50 nominees and winners. Between 2006-2010, there were 86 new chefs nominated to the James Beard Award. 

We have added all nominations/winners for the years of 2006-2010 to a GoogleDoc containing names of nominees and winners since 1991. All information was gathered through the James Beard Award website for Best Chef. Names with multi-year nominations were added once and their nomination years were specified. 

James Beard Award nominees/Winners: 2006-2010Between 2006-2010, the James Beard award nominated about 50 individuals to the Best Chef Award. Many of the nominees and winners of those years had been nominated or named winners in previous years. Specifically, of the ~250 nominees/winners between 2006-2010, there were 86 new nominees/winners that had not received previous nominations. 

Among the new nominees between 2006-2010, the following chefs were nominated:
Gerald Hirigoyen
Carlos Guia
Gabriel Kreuther
Stephanie Kimmel
Christopher Lee
Donald Link
John Fleer
Carrie Nahabedian
Roland Passot
Scott Peacock
Brian Polcyn
Bradford Thompson
Michael Tusk
Andrew Weissman
Cindy Wolf
Grant Achatz
Hugh Acheson
Cathal Armstrong
Arnaud Berthelier
David Bull
RJ Cooper
Wylie Dufresne
Jonathan Eismann
Robert Evans
Jose Garces
Colby Garrelts
Christopher Hastings
Maria Hines
Douglas Keane
Michael Lata
TIm McKee
Monica Pope
Maricel Presilla
Alexander Roberts
Bruce Sherman
Adam Siegel
Michael Symon
Celina Tio
Alex Young
Michael Anthony
Isaac Becker
Zach Bell
David Chang
Saipin Chutima
Patrick Connolly
Scott Dolich
Graham Elliot Bowles
Ryan Hardy
Linton Hopkins
David Kinch
Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson
David Myers
Robert Stehling
Ethan Stowell
Jason Wilson
Eric Ziebold
Gerard Craft
Jeremy Fox
Koren Grieveson
Gabrielle Hamilton
John Harris
Loretta Keller
Claude Le Tohic
Tony Maws
Daniel Patterson
Michael Schwartz
Bill Smith
Vikram Sunderam
Catherine Whims
Scott Boswell
Sean Brock
Michael Carson
Bryan Caswell
Michael Cimarusti
Daniel Humm
Peter Kelly
Jeff Michaud
Matt Molina
Rick Moonen
Naomi Pomeroy
Andrea Reusing
Andy Ricker
Lenny Russo
Michael Solomonov
Bryan Voltaggio
Michael White

ConclusionWe have researched and added information about the 2006-2010 nominees and winners of the James Beard Award to the GoogleDoc containing information about the nominees/winners from 1991-2010. There were an additional 86 chefs receiving new nominations to the award between the years of 2006-2010. 

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James Beard Award Winners: 2011-2015

For this report, I have focused on adding additional chefs to the attached spreadsheet, focusing on nominees and winners of Best Chef from 2011 through 2015. For chefs who had already been nominated or won during a previous year, I added the appropriate year to Column B of the attached spreadsheet; for those winning for the first time, I added their name to Column A, and the year during which they were nominated or awarded to Column B.

Per your request, I utilized the attached search tool to identify a list of nominees and winners for each of the following years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. For each, I narrowed the results to include both nominees and winners for the Best Chef category. I have excluded restaurants from the spreadsheet. 

For this request, 96 names have been added to the attached spreadsheet, for a total of 410 nominees and winners between 1992 and 2015. Between 2011 and 2015, 307 chefs were either nominated or awarded for Best Chef, many more than once. 

SUMMARY
To summarize, the names of chefs who were either nominated or who won Best Chef from 2011 through 2015 have been added to the attached spreadsheet. Chef names have been added to Column A, while the year(s) they were awarded is/are listed in Column B.

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James Beard Award Winners: 2016-2017

Chefs that won or were nominated for a James Beard Best Chef award for 2016 and 2017 have been to the attached spreadsheet. I also added the corresponding year to Column B of the spreadsheet for those chefs who had already won or been nominated for the award in earlier years. First time winners and nominees were added to Column A, and the year during which they won or were nominated were added to Column B.

Per your request, the only source I used was the James Beard search tool to identify a list of nominees and winners for 2016 and 2017. To filter results for these years, I narrowed my search parameters to include both nominees and winners for the Best Chef category. Best Restaurants have been excluded from the spreadsheet.

For this request, 35 new chefs were added to the attached spreadsheet, for a total of 445 nominees and winners between 1992 and 2017. 

In 2016, there were 40 repeat winners and nominees compared to 17 new winners and nominees.

In 2017, there were 39 repeat winners and nominees compared to 18 new winners and nominees.

CONCLUSION
The names of chefs who won or were nominated for the James Beard Best Chef in 2016 and 2017 have been added to the attached spreadsheet.