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Sure, Phoenix is far from being a favorite city of the JB foundation, but that doesn’t mean we don’t daydream about what it would be like to experience the biggest event in the culinary world.
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Aside from the fact that it would mean hobnobbing with the biggest and brightest stars of the culinary elite, this year’s awards on May 6 will be hosted by Stanley Tucci — as in the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning actor, writer, film producer, and director known for his roles in Julie & Julia, The Devil Wears Prada, and, recently, The Hunger Games.
It might be a long shot, but Acqua Panna Natural Spring Water has got a chance to make those golden gastronomical dreams come true.
The mineral water brand Acqua Panna — also a James Beard Foundation House purveyor — is sponsoring a sweepstakes that would grant one person the opportunity to attend the annual awards ceremony on Monday, May 6, at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.
The brand is presenting this year’s James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant Award, an award that recognizes the top restaurant in the field. This year, Phoenix’s own Vincent on Camelback has been nominated in that category. The only other nominees from Arizona this year were Sam Fox for Outstanding Restaurateur and Shinji Kurita and Kevin Binkley for Best Chef: Southwest.
The prize includes two roundtrip airfares to New York, two nights of hotel accommodations, and dinner in the city.
Of course, that’s all on top of the two tickets to the 2013 James Beard Foundation Gala Awards and Reception.
This year the theme for the ceremony is “Lights! Camera! Taste! Spotlight on Food & Film,” which honors the role of food on the silver screen. For the gala, chefs have been asked to make a dish inspired by a food moment from a movie.
To enter to win, “like” the Acqua Panna Facebook page and follow the instructions. The contest ends on April 18, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. PT, and is open to any U.S. resident 21 or older.
A winner will be chosen at random for the prize.
Tickets for the awards go on sale on March 18. For more information call Bowen & Company at 914-231-6180 or visit the James Beard Foundation website.
Check out the list of chefs who will be cooking at the gala:
GALA CHEFS
JBF Award Winner
Grant Achatz
The Aviary
Chicago
JBF Award Winner
Nate Appleman
Chipotle Mexican Grill
NYC
JBF Award Winner
Jean-François Bruel
DANIEL
NYC
JBF Award Winner
Traci Des Jardins
Jardinière
San Francisco
JBF Award Winner
Todd English
Todd English Enterprises
Charlestown, Massachusetts
JBF Award Winner
Gavin Kaysen
Café Boulud
NYC
JBF Award Winner
Christopher Lee
Sophia’s
Philadelphia
Thomas McNaughton
central kitchen
San Francisco
JBF Award Winner
Michael Mina
MICHAEL MINA
San Francisco
David Myers
Hinoki & the Bird
Los Angeles
Melissa Perello
Frances
San Francisco
JBF Award Winner
Pastry Chef
Nicole Plue
Sideshow by Nicole Plue
California
JBF Award Winner
Douglas Rodriguez
Alma de Cuba
Philadelphia
JBF Award Winner
Gabriel Rucker
Le Pigeon
Portland, Oregon
JBF Award Winner Allison Vines-Rushing
and Slade Rushing
MiLa
New Orleans
JBF Award Winner
Marcus Samuelsson
Red Rooster Harlem
NYC
Aarón Sánchez
Mestizo
Leawood, Kansas
JBF Award Winner
Pastry Chef
Mindy Segal
Mindy’s HotChocolate
Chicago
JBF Award Winner
Pastry Chef
Christina Tosi
Momofuku Milk Bar
NYC
