Boulder Restaurant Wins 2019 James Beard Award

BOULDER, CO — A Boulder restaurant was honored with a James Beard Award at a ceremony in Chicago. Monday. The awards are considered the Oscar Awards of the culinary industry.

The awards were presented in the restaurant, chef and restaurant design categories. Special achievement awards were presented for Lifetime Achievement, Design Icon, America’s Classics and Humanitarian of the Year.

In Boulder, the James Beard Foundation honoree was Frasca Food and Wine, which won in the category for outstanding service.

Go here for a complete list of winners.

The Giving Kitchen, an Atlanta-based non-profit organization that provides emergency assistance to food-service workers through financial support and a network of community resources, won the Humanitarian of the Year Award.

Patrick O’Connell, five-time James Beard Award winner, three-star Michelin chef, author, and owner of The Inn at Little Washington in Washington, Virginia, was presented the 2019 James Beard Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.

The James Beard Foundation has presented the awards for more than 30 years. This year’s theme was “Good Food For Good,” which the foundation says is synonymous with its mission.

Gala reception chefs from across the country included past James Beard Award winners and many who are involved in the foundation’s signature impact-oriented initiatives, from Smart Catch to Women’s Leadership Programs to the Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change.

Nearly 2,000 people attended the gala, held at Lyric Opera in Chicago. The ceremony was emceed by Emmy-nominated actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson. VIP guests were treated to a multi-course dinner and experience in the mezzanine boxes during the awards show prepared by chefs from the esteemed Union Square Hospitality Group.