New York City fell just short of a clean sweep of the 2009 James Beard Foundation Awards.

Of the nine national awards in the Restaurant and Chefs category, the Big Apple made off with eight:

• Outstanding Restaurateur Award: Drew Nieporent, Myriad Restaurant Group, New York

• Outstanding Chef Award: Dan Barber, Blue Hill, New York

• Outstanding Restaurant Award: Jean Georges, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, chef/owner, New York

• Rising Star Chef of the Year Award: Nate Appleman, A16, San Francisco

• Best New Restaurant: Momofuku Ko, David Chang, chef/owner, New York

• Outstanding Pastry Chef Award: Gina DePalma, Babbo, New York

• Outstanding Wine Service Award: Le Bernardin, Aldo Sohm, wine director, New York

• Outstanding Wine and Spirits Professional Award: Dale DeGroff, Dale DeGroff Co. Inc., New York

• Outstanding Service Award: Daniel, Daniel Boulud and Joel Smilow, owners, New York

Best Chefs in America:

• Pacific: Douglas Keane, Cyrus, Healdsburg, Calif.

• Mid-Atlantic: Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia

• Midwest: Tim McKee, La Belle Vie, Minneapolis

• Great Lakes: Michael Symon, Lola, Cleveland

• Northeast: Rob Evans, Hugo’s, Portland, Maine

• Northwest: Maria Hines, Tilth, Seattle

• Southeast: Mike Lata, Fig, Charleston, S.C.

• Southwest: Paul Bartolotta, Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare at Wynn Las Vegas

• South: John Currence, City Grocery, Oxford, Miss.

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