Louisville down to one - Ed Lee - in Beard Awards

[Robin Garr]

Only Ed Lee of 610 Magnolia remains "alive" in this year's James Beard Awards. He made the final cut as one of five contenders for Best Chef - Southeast.

Here's the complete list of all Beard award nominations, including books, journalism, chefs, beverage industry leaders, etc.:

http://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/2016-jam ... -154128417

Anyone else ticked off that we are listed as "Louisville, KY" while almost every other city listed in the twelve-screen list is just city (not state)? I guess there must be a lot of Louisvilles out there with good food - or maybe in NYC they have learned where Memphis and Nashville are, but don't yet know where Louisville may be?

[Robin Garr]

Anyone else ticked off that we are listed as "Louisville, KY" while almost every other city listed in the twelve-screen list is just city (not state)? I guess there must be a lot of Louisvilles out there with good food - or maybe in NYC they have learned where Memphis and Nashville are, but don't yet know where Louisville may be?

I don't know if this is true, but back in the day ('80s), the Associated Press style book had a canonical list of cities that could be used without the identifying state, and Louisville was not one of them. I imagine that the Beard folks are using some similar zero-tolerance database.

Congrats also to Harlen Wheatley,,Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort for being nominated for Outstanding Beer, Wine professional as well!

[Robin Garr]

Congrats also to Harlen Wheatley,,Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort for being nominated for Outstanding Beer, Wine professional as well!

You're right, Paula! I missed that. Congrats to Harlen indeed!

Harlen Wheatley
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, KY