NEW YORK — Nate Appleman, chef of A16 in San Francisco, was named “Rising Star” chef of the year at the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards. Apart from Appleman, New York City nearly swept the restaurant awards — the only ones outside of New York that won national prizes were in the design and graphics categories. Momofuku Ko was named best new restaurant. Jean Georges was named outstanding restaurant and Dan Barber, executive chef and owner of Blue Hill in New York and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, N.Y., won the outstanding chef award. Gina De Palma of Babbo in New York was named outstanding pastry chef, and the outstanding service award went to restaurant Daniel, also in New York. Drew Nieporent of the Myriad Restaurant Group was named restaurateur of the year.
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- Bret Thorn
bthorn@nrn.com
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