Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America

The Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America was an award from the James Beard Foundation that was given during the period of 1991-2018.

It was presented to members of the food and beverage industry who have been "identified by his or her peers as having displayed remarkable talent and achievement."^[1] The Who's Who awards were voted on by past honorees, with a ballot of 20 candidates distributed to the entire Who's Who group each year.^[1] The honors were initially awarded by Cook's Magazine (the predecessor to Cook's Illustrated), which inaugurated the award in 1984 but ceased publication in 1990.^[2] The award was administered by the James Beard Foundation from 1990 to 2018 and presented at the annual gala.^[1]

The foundation decided to retire the awards after 2018, citing a new commitment to inclusion.^[3] Including the inductees from the 1980s, the final Who's Who list included nearly 300 individuals.^[4]

Who's Who list by year

Year	Inductees	Ref
1991	David Bouley, Ken Hom, Bryan Miller[disambiguation needed], Michel Richard, Nancy Silverton	[5]
1992	Albert Kumin, Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins, Drew Nieporent, Jane and Michael Stern, Patricia Wells	[6]
1993	Ariane and Michael Batterberry, Gael Greene, Robert M. Parker, Jr., Carl Sontheimer, Chuck Williams, Gregory Usher	[7]
1994	Jean Anderson, Cecily Brownstone, Narcisse Chamberlain, Ariane Daguin, George Faison, Joel Dean[disambiguation needed], Giorgio DeLuca, Zack Hanle, Nancy Harmon Jenkins, Elizabeth Schneider, Jeff Smith, Tim and Nina Zagat	[8]
1995	Rick Bayless, Joachim Splichal, Harold McGee, Daniel Boulud, Milton Glaser, Madhur Jaffrey, Martha Stewart	[9]
1996	Lidia Bastianich, Christopher Kimball, Zelma Long, Nick Malgieri, Danny Meyer, Jean-Jacques Rachou, Charlie Trotter	[10]
1997	Flo Braker, Barbara Haber, Graham Kerr, Michael and Timothy Mondavi, Julian Niccolini, Alex von Bidder, Adam Tihany	[11]
1998	Paula Lambert, Carolyn O'Neil, Charles Palmer, Alan Richman, Jean-Georges Vongerichten	[citation needed]
1999	R. W. Apple Jr., Ernest Gallo, Molly O'Neill, Bill Shore, Gail Zweigenthal	[12]
2000	Barbara Fairchild, Thomas Keller, Michael Romano, Jeffrey Steingarten, Larry Stone	[13]
2001	Mario Batali, Michael Ginor, Izzy Yanay, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, Joan Nathan, Martin Yan	[14]
2002	Tom Colicchio, Alain Ducasse, Nobu Matsuhisa, Sara Moulton, Frank J. Prial	[15]
2003	Hubert Keller, Marion Nestle, Alain Sailhac, Jacques Torres, Norman Van Aken	[16]
2004	Michael Bauer, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Todd English, Andrea Immer, Eric Ripert	[17]
2005	Joseph Bastianich, Greg Drescher, Carol Field, Corby Kummer, Deborah Madison	[18]
2006	Sue Conley, Peggy Smith, Jean Joho, Gray Kunz, Kermit Lynch, Ari Weinzweig	[19]
2007	José Andrés, Jim Clendenen, Bobby Flay, Dorie Greenspan, Michael Pollan	[20]
2008	Dan Barber, Anthony Bourdain, Nancy Oakes, Russ Parsons, Zanne Early Stewart, Steve Sullivan[disambiguation needed]	[21]
2009	David Burke, John T. Edge, Betty Fussell, Dorothy Cann Hamilton, Clark Wolf	[22]
2010	Leah Chase, Jessica B. Harris, Paul C. P. McIlhenny, David Rockwell, L. Timothy Ryan, Susan Spicer	[23]
2011	Jonathan Gold, Lee Jones[disambiguation needed], Charles Phan, Frank Stitt, Nick Valenti	[24]
2012	Grant Achatz, Mark Bittman, Dana Cowin, Emily Luchetti, Marvin Shanken	[25][26]
2013	Eric Asimov, Dorothy Kalins, Barbara Lynch, Zarela Martinez, Michael Mina, Bill Yosses	[27]
2014	Edward Behr, John Besh, David Chang, Barry Estabrook, Paul Kahan, Sherry Yard	[28][29]
2015	Allan Benton, Dale DeGroff, Wylie Dufresne, Nathalie Dupree, Maricel Presilla	[30][31]
2016	Gina Gallo, Jim Lahey[disambiguation needed], Ed Levine, Temple Grandin, Marcus Samuelsson	[32][33]
2017	Suzanne Goin, Evan Kleiman, Roger Berkowitz, Michel Nischan, Rajat Parr	[34][35]
2018	Jody Adams, Lally Brennan, Ti Adelaide Martin, Allison Hooper, Daniel Johnnes	[36][37]