James Beard awards highlight country's best chefs

The James Beard Foundation Awards are held at the New York Marriott Marquis in New York

May 9, 2000
Web posted at: 5:10 p.m. EDT (2110 GMT)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- David Bouley, executive chef and owner of New York City's Danube and Bouley Bakery was named outstanding chef of the year at the Tenth Annual James Beard Foundation Awards at a ceremony on Monday night.

The award was presented to Bouley by last year's winner, Charlie Trotter, who took home an award himself. His Chicago restaurant, Charlie Trotter's, garnered this year's outstanding restaurant honor.

The ceremony, named for the late chef and food writer James Beard, distributed 68 awards to winners selected by more than 600 food and beverage industry professionals from around the United States. More than 1600 people attended the event.

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One of the most potentially career-changing awards is the "Rising Star Chef of the Year Award." The accolade went to Andrew Carmellini, chef at Cafe Boulud in New York City. Carmellini, a protege of Daniel Boulud, thanked his boss and mentor and accepted the medallion as a huge burst of applause celebrated his hometown win.

The award for outstanding pastry chef was given to Claudia Fleming of New York's Gramercy Tavern, while best restaurant design went to Diller & Scofidio for the re-design of Brasserie in Manhattan.

Cookbooks were recognized as well in 12 categories. Top honors when to "A Mediterranean Feast" by Clifford A. Wright.

Marcella Hazan's "Classic Italian Cooking," first published in 1973, was inducted into the organization's cookbook hall of fame. Hazan, an expert on Italian cooking in the U.S. and abroad, was also presented with the James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.

Travel Now Correspondent Carolyn O'Neil contributed to this report.

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