American Express Best Chef: Southeast Award winner Ben Barker of Magnolia Grill, Durham, NC.
Photo by Dominick Briganti

Nominees and Winner

- Award winner Ben Barker Magnolia Grill 1002 Ninth Street Durham NC, 27705 919-286-3609	Anne Kearney Peristyle 1041 Dumaine New Orleans LA, 70116 504-593-9535
Louis Osteen Louis’s 200 Meeting Street Charleston SC, 29401 843-853-2550	Anne Quatrano/Clifford Harrison Bacchanalia/Floataway Café 1198 Howell Mill Road Atlanta GA, 30318 404-365-0410
Frank Stitt Highlands Bar & Grill 2011 11th Ave. South Birmingham AL, 35205 205-939-1400