http://laist.com/2005/05/03/james_beard_award_winners_announced.php All comments for James Beard Award Winners Announced en-us 2008 la_jeremy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com 60 http://laist.com/2005/05/03/james_beard_award_winners_announced.php#comment-145240 http://laist.com/2005/05/03/james_beard_award_winners_announced.php#comment-145240 Comments Wed, 04 May 2005 00:07:12 -0800 <p>It should be noted that the chef who won for Best Chef (California) is Lee Hefter, and also that Hefter is the only Los Angeles chef to have won this particular medal in 15 years - the NYC-centric Beard judges always, but always, tap Bay Area chefs for the California award.</p>