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Backstage at the Beards 2014
It's not that often that you get an entire nation's worth of chefs, restaurateurs, sommeliers, bartenders, writers, photographers, eaters, and drinkers to converge in one city and hand one another awards for being the very, very best at what they do. In fact, it happens just once a year, at the James Beard Foundation Awards in New York. We equipped photographer Landon Nordeman (himself a James Beard Award winner) with a Fuji Instax camera, stationed him backstage, and asked him to capture the most interesting faces at the 2014 Beards. Produced by Helen Rosner and Mari Uyehara
Special thanks to Laura Sant, Cecilia Busick, and Amy Fizgibbons
Kimberly Murphy, account executive, Susan Magrino
Rick Bayless, Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, Chicago
David Chang, Momofuku; winner: James Beard Foundation Who's Who of Food & Beverage in America
Leo Robitschek, the NoMad, New York; winner: Outstanding Bar Program
Lynne Bredfeldt, Park Hyatt New York
Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery; winner: Outstanding Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional
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Bernie Sokolowski, Sokolowski's University Inn, Cleveland; winner: America's Classics
Ken Oringer, Toro, Boston and New York
Daniel Patterson, Coi, San Francisco winner: Best Chef: West
Questlove, awesome
Nicole Garcia, Restaurant Associates
Kat Kinsman, managing editor, CNN Eatocracy
Carla Hall, co-host, The Chew
Jamie Bissonnette, Toro, Boston and New York; winner: Best Chef: Northeast
Daniel Humm, Eleven Madison Park and the NoMad, New York
Jamie Schneiter, great tattoos
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Stephanie Izard, Girl and the Goat, Chicago
Dominique Ansel, Dominique Ansel Bakery, New York; winner: Outstanding Pastry Chef
Jerry Hansen and Ashley Hansen, Hansen's Sno Bliz, New Orleans; winner: 2014 James Beard Foundation America's Classics
Andrew Knowlton, restaurant and drinks editor, Bon Appetit
Jim Ryan, brand ambassador, Hendrick's Gin
Daniel Boulud, legend
Dana Bowen, executive editor, Every Day with Rachael Ray
Jimmy Bannos, Jr., The Purple Pig, Chicago; winner: Rising Star Chef
Vikram Sunderam, Rasika, Washington, D.C., winner: Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
Gabriele Corcos and Debi Mazar, co-hosts, Extra Virgin
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Naomi Pomeroy, Beast, Portland, OR; winner: Best Chef: Northwest
Ashley Christensen, Poole's Downtown Diner, Raleigh, NC; winner: Best Chef: Southeast
Will Guidara, Eleven Madison Park and the NoMad, New York
Karim Lakhani, New York Palace Hotel
Sue Zemanick, Gautreau's, New Orleans; winner: Best Chef: South (tie)
Chris Coleman, Kings of Leon
Matt Lee, The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen
Tom Perini, Perini Ranch Steakhouse, Buffalo Gap, TX; winner: 2014 James Beard Foundation America's Classics
Helen Rosner, executive digital editor, SAVEUR
Landon Nordeman, amazing photographer
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