James Beard Foundation Award: 2020s

2020 awards

The 2020 chef and restaurant awards were canceled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The book and media awards were announced online on May 27, 2020.[2] A virtual event was broadcast from Chicago on September 25, 2020.[3]

Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian Award

Restaurant Design Awards
  • 75 Seats and Under: Heliotrope Architects, Rupee Bar, Seattle, Washington[6]
  • 76 Seats and Over: ORA and Klein Agency, Auburn, Los Angeles, California[6]
  • Design Icon: Chez Panisse, Berkeley, California[3]

Book Awards[7][2]
  • American Cooking: Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton-Martin (Clarkson Potter)
  • Baking and Dessert: Living Bread: Tradition and Innovation in Artisan Bread Making by Daniel Leader and Lauren Chattman (Avery)
  • Beverage with Recipes: The NoMad Cocktail Book by Leo Robitschek (Ten Speed Press)
  • Beverage without Recipes: World Atlas of Wine 8th Edition by Hugh Johnson and Jancis Robinson (Mitchell Beazley)
  • General Cooking: Where Cooking Begins: Uncomplicated Recipes to Make You a Great Cook by Carla Lalli Music (Clarkson Potter)
  • Health and Special Diets: Gluten-Free Baking at Home: 102 Foolproof Recipes for Delicious Breads, Cakes, Cookies, and More by Jeffrey Larsen (Ten Speed Press)
  • International: Ethiopia: Recipes and Traditions from the Horn of Africa by Yohanis Gebreyesus with Jeff Koehler (Interlink Publishing)
  • Photography: American Sfoglino: A Master Class in Handmade Pasta by Eric Wolfinger (Chronicle Books)
  • Reference, History, and Scholarship: The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration by Chris Smith (Chelsea Green Publishing)
  • Restaurant and Professional: The Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat and Think by Josh Niland (Hardie Grant Books)
  • Single Subject: Pasta Grannies: The Official Cookbook: The Secrets of Italy's Best Home Cooks by Vicky Bennison (Hardie Grant Books)
  • Vegetable-Focused Cooking: Whole Food Cooking Every Day: Transform the Way You Eat with 250 Vegetarian Recipes Free of Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar by Amy Chaplin (Artisan Books)
  • Writing: Eat Like a Fish: My Adventures as a Fisherman Turned Restorative Ocean Farmer by Bren Smith (Knopf)
  • Book of the Year: The Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat and Think by Josh Niland (Hardie Grant Books)
  • Cookbook Hall of Fame: Jancis Robinson

Broadcast Media Awards[7][2]
  • Audio Program: It Burns: The Scandal-Plagued Race to Breed the World’s Hottest Chili, Audible
  • Audio Reporting: Gravy – Mahalia Jackson’s Glori-Fried Chicken, Betsy Sheperd, southernfoodways.org
  • Documentary: That's My Jazz, Vimeo
  • Online Video, Fixed Location and/or Instructional: Grace Young – Wok Therapist, YouTube
  • Online Video, on Location: Handmade – How Knives Are Made for New York's Best Restaurants; How a Ceramics Master Makes Plates for Michelin-Starred Restaurants, Eater
  • Outstanding Personality: Roy Choi, Broken Bread with Roy Choi, KCET
  • Television Program, in Studio or Fixed Location: Pati's Mexican Table – Tijuana: Stories from the Border, WETA
  • Television Program, on Location: Las Crónicas del Taco (Taco Chronicles) – Canasta, Netflix
  • Visual and Technical Excellence: Chef's Table, Netflix, Adam Bricker, Chloe Weaver, and Will Basanta
  • Visual Reporting (on TV or Online): Rotten – The Avocado War, Netflix, Christine Haughney, Erin Cauchi, and Gretchen Goetz

Journalism Awards[7][2]
  • Columns: Power Rankings: “The Official Fast Food French Fry Power Rankings”; “The Official Spicy Snack Power Rankings”; “The Official Domestic Beer Power Rankings” by Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times
  • Craig Claiborne Distinguished Restaurant Review Award: “Peter Luger Used to Sizzle. Now It Sputters.”; “The 20 Most Delicious Things at Mercado Little Spain”; “Benno, Proudly Out of Step With the Age” by Pete Wells, The New York Times
  • Dining and Travel: “In Pursuit of the Perfect Pizza” by Matt Goulding, Airbnb Magazine
  • Feature Reporting : “Value Meal” by Tad Friend, The New Yorker
  • Food Coverage in a General Interest Publication: The New Yorker
  • Foodways: “A Real Hot Mess: How Grits Got Weaponized Against Cheating Men” by Cynthia R. Greenlee, MUNCHIES / Food by VICE
  • Health and Wellness: “How Washington Keeps America Sick and Fat”; “Meet the Silicon Valley Investor Who Wants Washington to Figure Out What You Should Eat” by Catherine Boudreau and Helena Bottemiller Evich, Politico
  • Home Cooking: "Fry Time" by Nancy Singleton Hachisu, Saveur
  • Innovative Storytelling: “Food and Loathing on the Campaign Trail” by Gary He, Matt Buchanan, and Meghan McCarron, Eater
  • Investigative Reporting: “The Man Who Attacked Me Works in Your Kitchen’: Victim of Serial Groper Took Justice into Her Own Hands” by Amy Brittain and Maura Judkis, The Washington Post
  • Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award: “In Search of Hot Beef”; “Chef Jack Riebel Is in the Fight of His Life”; “Harry Singh on the Perfect Roti, Trinidad, and Life in the Kitchen” by Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
  • M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award: “My Mother's Catfish Stew” by John T. Edge, Oxford American
  • Personal Essay, Long Form: “The Dysfunction of Food” by Kim Foster
  • Personal Essay, Short Form: “For 20 Years, happy hour has seen us through work — and life” by M. Carrie Allan, The Washington Post
  • Profile: “The Provocations of Chef Tunde Wey” by Brett Martin, GQ Magazine
  • Wine, Spirits, and Other Beverages: “Seltzer Is Over. Mineral Water Is Forever.” by Jordan Michelman, PUNCH
  • Emerging Voice Award: L.A. Taco

2021 awards

In August 2020, the James Beard Foundation announced that the 2020 awards presentation would be cancelled because of COVID[1] and they will “forgo its traditional Awards presentation in 2021, including the Restaurant and Chef Awards, Media Awards, and Restaurant Design Awards. We will not be accepting recommendations or submissions. We will be working with the Awards Committee and Subcommittees to overhaul the policies and procedures for the Awards.”[8]

References
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  2. Hallinan, Bridget (May 27, 2020). "These Are the 2020 James Beard Media Awards Winners". Food & Wine. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  3. Nunzio, Miriam Di (27 September 2020). "James Beard Awards ceremony reiterates commitment to new mission: inclusion, diversity, equity". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 8 October 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. Fortney, Luke (11 March 2020). "Queens-Born Jessica B. Harris Receives James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award". Eater NY. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  5. Bitker, Janelle (13 March 2020). "S.F. nonprofit Zero Foodprint wins James Beard Award". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. Wells, Pete (21 September 2020). "Beard Foundation Will Announce a Few More Awards, Despite a Vow Not To". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  7. "The 2020 James Beard Media Award Winners". www.jamesbeard.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-16. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  8. "Awards News". James Beard Foundation. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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