Blaine Wetzel from the Willows Inn Wins James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef

By Seattle Mag May 6, 2014

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!–paging_filter–pThe highly anticipated a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/2014-jbfa-seattle-finalists-announced-why-its-…” target=”_blank”2014 James Beard Awards/a ceremony was last night, and Blaine Wetzel from the a href=”http://www.willows-inn.com/” target=”_blank”strongWillows Inn/strong/a on Lummi Island walked away with a medalion for Rising Star Chef. He tied with Jimmy Bannos Jr. of Chicago’s stronga href=”http://thepurplepigchicago.com/” target=”_blank”Purple Pig/a/strong./p
pOther than that, it was a disappointing evening for the Seattle contingent: Ethan Stowell (stronga href=”http://ethanstowellrestaurants.com/” target=”_blank”Ethan Stowell Restaurants/a/strong), Renee Erickson (a href=”http://www.thewhalewins.com/” target=”_blank”strongThe/strongnbsp;strongWhale Wins/strong/a, stronga href=”http://thewalrusbar.com/” target=”_blank”Walrus and the Carpenter/a/strong) and Jason Franey (stronga href=”http://canlis.com/” target=”_blank”Canlis/a/strong) lost out to Portland’s Naomi Pomeroy (stronga href=”http://www.beastpdx.com/” target=”_blank”Beast/a/strong); nbsp;and stronga href=”http://www.grace-restaurant.com/” target=”_blank”Grace/a/strong restaurant in Chicago won over Josh Henderson and Matthew Parker (stronga href=”http://westwardseattle.com/” target=”_blank”Westward/a/strong) for best restaurant design./p
pLast Friday, Shauna James and Dan Ahern took home a JBA in the Book Awards (Focus on Health category) for emGluten-Free Girl Every Day/em./p
pThe full list of winners a href=”https://www.jamesbeard.org/sites/default/files/attachments/050414_JBF_AW…” target=”_blank”right this way/a./p
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