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Chef Zach Bell Named James Beard Award Finalist

Chef Zach Bell of Palm Beach's Cafe Boulud has been named a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef (South). Chef Bell is the only South Florida chef to be named a finalist for the award. Other finalists in this category include John Harris (Lilette in New...
By Laine DossMarch 22, 2011
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Chef Zach Bell of Palm Beach’s Cafe Boulud has been named a finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef (South).

Chef Bell is the only South Florida chef to be named a finalist for the award. Other finalists in this category include John Harris (Lilette in New Orleans), Chris Hastings (Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham), Tory McPhail (Commander’s Palace in New Orleans) and Stephen Stryjewski (Cochon in New Orleans). Michael Schwartz of Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in Miami won the award last year.

The winners will be announced on May 9 at the annual awards ceremony by previous James Beard Award-winning hosts Tom Colicchio, Ming Tsai and Traci Des Jardins.

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Laine Doss is the food and spirits editor for Miami New Times, covering the restaurant and bar scene in South Florida. She has been featured on Cooking Channel’s Eat Street and Food Network’s Great Food Truck Race. Doss won an Alternative Weekly award for her feature on what it’s like to wait tables. In a previous life, she appeared off-Broadway and shook many a cocktail as a bartender at venues in South Florida and New York City. When she’s not writing, you can find Doss running some marathon then celebrating at the nearest watering hole.

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