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Food Network Chefs Take Part In James Beard Event

Food Network star chefs Michael Symon and Anne Burrell are taking part in a special event in Southern California. The James Beard House is hosting its Friends of James Beard Benefit at Zov's Bistro in Tustin on January 29. Longtime Beard Foundation supporter and restaurant owner Zov Karamardian will be the host chef with Symon and Burrell as special guests.

Tickets for the dinner are $500 ($400 for James Beard Foundation members). The seven-course dinner begins with zucchini fritters with Scottish smoked salmon and crème fraîche, soujouk popovers, and pork tenderloin and tapenade crostini hors d'oeuvres with glasses of Champagne Gosset Brut ExCellence NV. The main dinner includes spicy Greek cured beef with shaved truffles paired with the Bergerie L'Hortus Rosé de Saignée 2009; herb-crusted Cypress haloumi cheese paired with the Boutari Moschofilero 2009; branzino with vegetables and jasmine rice confetti paired with Faiveley Bourgogne Chardonnay 2005 and Niman Ranch roasted rack of lamb with the Chateau Ksara Red 2002. For dessert a brandied apple parfait with Tahitian vanilla ice cream and caramel Sauce is paired with the R.L. Buller & Son Premium Fine Muscat NV and a selection of mignardises.

A second event on January 30 which costs $250 ($200 for James Beard Foundation members) includes cooking demonstrations by Symon and Burrell. Visit the James Beard House website for more details.

[via LA Weekly]

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James Beard Award Winners 2010: Marea, Daniel, Craft and French Laundry

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It's no surprise that New York and Napa Valley restaurants dominated the top spots at Monday night's James Beard Awards held at Lincoln Center. Foodies of every stripe -- from Food Network stars to French Laundry chefs -- were in attendance at the black-tie event. A red carpet was even set up in the new courtyard outside Avery Fisher Hall so the truly food-obsessed could catch a glimpse of chefs like Wolfgang Puck, Lidia Bastianich and Alton Brown, the evenings co-hosts. (Pictured above is Brown, JBF president Susan Ungaro, Bastianich and Ted Allen arriving on the red carpet.)

The big awards of the evening went to New York's Marea for Best New Restaurant; Tom Colicchio of the Craft restaurants (and a regular "Top Chef" judge) won the Outstanding Chef Award; Daniel Boulud won the Outstanding Restaurant Award for Daniel, another New York restaurant; the Outstanding Pastry Chef award went to Nichole Plue of Redd in Napa Valley; and Timothy Hollingsworth of Napa's famous The French Laundry, won the Rising Star Chef of the Year Award.

Backstage, talk turned to to food trends -- something fine-dining chefs don't look kindly on -- and the seemingly omnipresent locavore movement. And we even found out where these top chefs are excited to eat.

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Where to Eat Now: James Beard Award Finalists Announced

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Chefs, sharpen your knives, the food community is abuzz with news of the 2010 James Beard Award nominations, which were announced earlier this week. Aside from Michelin stars and positive restaurant reviews, these awards are the biggest recognition in the food world. Chosen by a non-profit made up of food and wine enthusiasts, the awards take a nationwide look at the dining scene pulling out the stars of today and tomorrow. What that means to you is: Make your reservations now -- especially at Robert DeNiro's latest New York restaurant, Locanda Verde (right) -- these places are about to get hotter.

Anyone can attend the black-tie Chef and Restaurant Awards which take place on May 3 at Lincoln Center in New York. Tickets are $450 for non-members and include the awards ceremony hosted by The Food Network's Alton Brown, Wolfgang Puck and PBS chef Lidia Bastianich (whose cookbook "Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy" is up for a nomination). But the best part will be the gala reception afterward where guests can sample food by notable chefs from around the country who were chosen by a past Outstanding Chef winner.

And the nominees are ...