Jennifer SauerChef Jeremy FoxThe James Beard Awards (popularly known as the Oscars of the
food world) will be awarded Monday, May 4. This year all five chefs nominated
for the category of Best Chef: Pacific - an area that covers California and
Hawaii -- come from the Bay Area: Jeremy Fox of Ubuntu in Napa, Douglas Keane
of Cyrus in Healdsburg, Loretta Keller of Coco500 in San Francisco, David
Kinch of Manresa in Los Gatos, and Daniel Patterson of Coi in San Francisco.
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Douglas Keane Douglas Keane of Cyrus Surprise Winner for Best Chef, Pacific, and Nate Appleman's Third Time is Charm as He Wins Best Rising Star ChefAt last night's James Beard Awards, in something of an upset, Douglas Keane of Cyrus in Healdsburg won Best Chef, Pacific, over fellow nominees Jeremy Fox (Ubuntu, Napa), Loretta Keller (Coco 500, San Francisco), David Kinch (Manresa, Los Gatos), and Daniel Patterson (Coi, San Francisco). Most of the nominees, all of whom we spoke to last week, thou
JardiniereTraci des Jardins - chef/co-owner of JardiniereThis is so hot (unless you are a member of PETA)! If the chef-ladies-who-hunt decide to make a coffee table book about their current hunting adventure in outer Mongolia, SFoodie is all over it. In late June, I got wind of a camping-slash-hunting expedition including chef Traci des Jardins (Jardiniere and Acme Chophouse), Loretta Keller (Coco500), Mary Sue Milliken (Ciudad in Los Angeles), Anita Lo (Annisa in NYC), and April Bloomfield (NY
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