James Beard Foundation has announced the final nominees for this year’s awards competition. Of the 10 Maine-based semi-finalists announced in February, 4 are final nominees:
- Best New Restaurant – Central Provisions
- Best Chef: Northeast – Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley at Eventide Oyster Company, and Masa Miyake at Miyake
- Rising Star of the Year – Cara Stadler, Tao Yuan
The award winners will be announced May 4th at the Lyric Opera in Chicago at the JBF Awards Gala hosted by Alton Brown.
Update: Both the Press Herald and Bangor Daily News have published reports on the award nominees.
Worker told me today that samuel’s is opening a 2nd location and it appears to be in sangillo’s. Wonder if neighborhood will fight that?
Really digging both new building signs on Lois’s
Thanks Nick. I hope to have the details in the next few days.