The nominees are out for the 2019 James Beard Foundation Awards, with more than forty-six Truth, Love & Clean Cutlery restaurants acknowledged for their extraordinary work. Those included are:

• Andrew Michael Italian Kitchen (Memphis, Tennessee) Best Chef: Southeast – Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman
• Annette (Aurora, Colorado), Best Chef: Southwest – Caroline Glover
• Barley Swine (Austin, Texis), Best Chef: Southwest – Bryce Gilmore
• Bluestem (Kansas City, Missouri), Outstanding Chef – Colby Garrelts
• Buccan (Palm Beach, Florida), Best Chef: South – Clay Conley
• Campo at Los Poblanos (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Best Chef: Southwest – Jonathan Perno
• Centrolina (Washington, DC), Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic – Amy Brandwein
• Chai Pani (Asheville, North Carolina), Best Chef: Southeast – Meherwan Irani
• Corner Table (Minneapolis, Minnesota), Best Chef: Midwest – Karyn Tomlinson
• Cosecha Cafe (Oakland, California), Best Chef: West – Dominica Rice-Cisneros
• Cúrate (Asheville, North Carolina), Best Chef: Southeast – Katie Button
• Flora Bar (New York City, New York), Outstanding Pastry Chef – Natasha Pickowicz
• FnB (Scottsdale, Arizona), Best Chef: Southwest – Charleen Badman
• Frasca Food & Wine (Boulder, Colorado), Outstanding Service
• Fullsteam (Durham, North Carolina), Outstanding Wine, Spirits, or Beer Producer – Sean Lilly Wilson
• Garland (Raleigh, North Carolina), Best Chef: Southeast – Cheetie Kumar
• Harbinger (De Moines, Iowa), Best Chef: Midwest – Joe Tripp
• Hell's Backbone Grill (Boulder, Utah), Best Chef: Southwest – Jen Castle and Blake Spalding
• High Street on Hudson (New York City, New York), Outstanding Restaurateur – Ellen Yin
• Kai Restaurant (Chandler, Arizona), Outstanding Service
• Kimball House (Decatur, Georgia), Oustanding Bar Program
• Lula Café (Chicago, Illinois), Best Chef: Great Lakes – Jason Hammel
• Margot Cafe & Bar (Nashville, Tennessee), Outstanding Chef – Margot McCormack
• Miller Union (Atlanta, Georgia), Outstanding Wine Program
• North (Providence, Rhode Island), Best Chef: Northeast – James Mark
• Oberlin (Providence, Rhode Island), Best Chef: Northeast – Benjamin Sukle
• Oleana (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Outstanding Chef – Ana Sortun
• Poole’s Diner (Raleigh, North Carolina), Outstanding Chef – Ashley Christensen
• Providence (Los Angeles, California), Best Chef: West – Michael Cimarusti
• Rustic Canyon (Los Angeles, California), Best Chef: West – Jeremy Fox
• Saint Leo (Oxford, Mississippi), Outstanding Bar Program
• Snackbar (Oxford, Mississippi), Best Chef: South – Vishwesh Bhatt
• Sorrel (San Francisco, California), Rising Star Chef of the Year – Alexander Hong
• Sqirl (Los Angeles, California), Best Chef: West – Jessica Koslow
• Taco Maria (Costa Mesa, California), Best Chef: West – Carlos Salgado
• The Barn at Blackberry Farm (Walland, Tennessee), Best Chef: Southeast – Cassidee Dabney
• The Hive (Bentonville, Arkansas), Best Chef: South – Matthew McClure
• The Lost Kitchen (Freedom, Maine), Best Chef: Northeast – Erin French
• Ticonderoga Club (Atlanta, Georgia), Oustanding Bar Program
• Toups’ Meatery (New Orleans, Louisianna), Best Chef: South – Isaac Toups
• Vedge (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic – Rich Landau
• Via Carota (New York, New York City), Best Chef: New York City – Jody Williams and Rita Sodi
• Vicia (St. Louis, Missouri), Best Chef: Midwest – Michael Gallina
• Vida Cantina (Portsmouth, New Hampshire), Best Chef: Northeast – David Vargas
• Willa Jean (New Orleans, Louisianna), Outstanding Pastry Chef – Kelly Fields
• Zingerman’s Roadhouse (Ann Arbor, Michigan), Outstanding Service

Also among the nominees is TL&CC's own USA associate editor Gabriella Gershenson, who is nominated alongside colleagues Alana Newhouse and Stephanie Butnick for their piece “100 Most Jewish Foods” in Tablet Magazine.

A huge congratulations to all our outstanding TL&CC nominees!

The 2019 James Beard Leadership Awards and Awards Gala will both take place in Chicago, on Sunday 5 May and Monday 6 May respectively. The 2019 Media Awards will take place on Friday 26 April in New York City. For more details and to view the full list of awards, visit jamesbeard.org

News: other things you need to know

• Over $51,000 was raised from Ben Shewry’s (Attica, Melbourne, Australia) bake sale fundraiser for victims of the mosque attack in Christchurch, New Zealand. One hundred per cent of the proceeds were donated to Victim Support New Zealand. “It’s important that New Zealand knows how loved it is by Australia, not just now when the whole country is in mourning but for the future too,” Shewry wrote on Instagram. “Acceptance is the ability to see that others have a right to be their own unique persons. This includes the ability to worship in safety.”
• This month French Broad Chocolates (Asheville, North Carolina, USA) opens the doors to its new creamery. The team have been hard at work revamping a former factory into a working creamery that will highlight their hand-made ice creams, cookies, brownies, and desserts, as well as the quality ingredients used. The creamery opening comes after the business welcomed a new factory and café in February.
• Chef Brandon Winn of Webster House (Kansas City, Missouri, USA) works with Cultivate Kansas City to support New Roots for Refugee, an organization that helps refugees integrate into Western society by assisting them with making connections, finding jobs, and learning how to budget. Most recently, Chef Winn hosted a three-course ‘whiskey dinner’ benefit in March to support the organization.