James Beard Award Winners Stephen Durfee The French Laundry Yountville, CA

The Big Beard Birthday Bash Showcasing the Jean-Georges Dynasty Jean Georges 1 Central Park West (between 60th & 61st sts.) NYC

The Ninth Annual James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception Executive Chef Sarah Stegner The Dining Room at The Ritz-Carlton Chicago Coordinating Chef Robert Cacciola The James Beard Foundation

James Beard Award Winner Eric Ripert Le Bernardin NYC

James Beard Award Winner Keith Luce Restaurant at The Little Nell Aspen, CO

First Friday Luncheons are open to Professional and Fellow members only; the menus appear in Previews. Marc Murphy La Fourchette NYC

Thai New Year Celebration Foods Hiroko Shimbo-Beitchman Hiroko's Kitchen School of Cooking London

Mother's Day Brunch John David Castro Winston's Louisville, KY

The World of B. Smith Henry Chung B. Smith's Sag Harbor NYC and Sag Harbor James Oakley B. Smith's Washington Washington

Chris Yeo Straits Cafe Palo Alto and San Francisco

Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Wine Estates Dinner David Lawson Aubergine Hillsdale, NY Jonathan White Egg Farm Dairy Peekskill, NY John Novi Depuy Canal House High Falls, NY Leonardo Pulito Arqua NYC Shannon McKinney Fine Foods Cafe/The Corner Bakery Pawling, NY John Dyson Pebble Ridge Vineyards & Wine Estates Healdsburg, CA

Richard Biondo Underhills Crossing Bronxville, New York

Clark Norris Mariposa, Deer Valley Resort Park City, UT

Arturo Boada Solero Houston

A Taste of South Africa Stefan Achterfeld Rhebokskloof Estate Paarl, South Africa Russell Dare Doris & Ed's Seafood Restaurant Highlands, NJ with South African Winery Owners: Georg Schlichtmann Von Ortloff Tracey Thornycroft Rhebokskloof Estate Deon van der walt Veenwouden Estates Irina von Holdt Old Vines Wine Cellars Marc Wiehe L'Avenir Estate

Dining with Heart & Soul at House of Blues Ken Frank La Toque Rutherford, CA

Frank McMullen Wequassett Inn Chatham, MA

Glenn Chu Indigo Honolulu, HI

Friends of James Beard Benefit Host Chefs Sylvain Portay The Dining Room The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco Jean-Pierre Dubray The Dining Room The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco Participating Chefs Pascal Oudin Grand Café The Grand Bay Hotel Miami François Payard Payard Pâtisserie & Bistro NYC Eric Ripert Le Bernardin NYC Alain Rondelli false San Francisco Jean-Georges Vongerichten Jean Georges et al. NYC

Normand Laprise Cena NYC

Barilla Italian Luncheon Scott Conant Chianti NYC

A Menu Sampler James Peterson Vegetables (Morrow)

Tabasco Bayou Bash Richard Hughes Chin Ling The Pelican Club New Orleans

Rad Matmati American Park at the Battery NYC

David Walford Splendido at the Chateau Beaver Creek, CO

Martin Gagne Hedgerose Atlanta