James Beard Foundation Gives Patrick O'Connell Lifetime Achievement Award
And Giving Kitchen was honored with the Humanitarian of the Year award.
We’re in the full-swing of James Beard Award season now—we’ve already heard aboutmajor policy changesto the foundation's decision-making process, the半决赛选手have been announced, and on Tuesday, Canlis was honored with the2019 Design Icon Award. The latest addition? The Lifetime Achievement and Humanitarian of the Year awards, which the foundation announced today—the honorees are chef Patrick O’Connell and Giving Kitchen, respectively. Last year’s Lifetime Achievement honoree wasPaula Wolfert, whileJosé Andrés拿回家th的人道主义e Year Award.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a person in the industry “whose lifetime body of work has had a positive and long-lasting impact on the way we eat, cook, and think about food in America,” according to the JBF. It’s a fitting award for O’Connell, a self-taught chef whose restaurant, therenowned Inn at Little Washington， 是个first three-starred restaurant in the Washington D.C. Michelin guide; he’s also amassed several other James Beard Awards over the span of his career (including Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic), and is a published author. The foundation highlighted his dedication to offer “refined, regional American cuisine in the Virginia countryside,” working with local farmers and artisan producers long before the farm-to-table movement even had a name.
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He also thanked his staff and patrons, stating, “no chef could ever receive such an acknowledgment without the talents of a dedicated team supporting him or her. I’m immensely grateful to everyone who helped me on the long and colorful journey to this point—especially to our guests for their loyal patronage through the years.”
As for the Humanitarian of the Year award, the foundation honors a person or organization whose work in the food industry “has improved the lives of others and benefited society at large.” The honoree,Giving Kitchen, is a non-profit that provides crisis grants and financial assistance to restaurant workers in need—a project co-founded by Jen Hidinger-Kendrick and her late husband, chef Ryan Hidinger, after he was diagnosed with stage-four cancer in December 2012. Members of the restaurant community who need help covering living expenses while recovering from an accident, natural disaster, or illness can receive aid from Giving Kitchen: to this date, the grants have helped over 1,500 food service workers, according to a statement.
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