New York City Chefs Win Big at the 2015 James Beard Foundation Awards

Major wins for New York this year, including best chef (Michael Anthony) and best pastry chef (Christina Tosi)

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By Tejal Rao

May 5, 2015 at 2:59 AM UTC

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The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its 2015 restaurant and chef awards tonight in Chicago, and New York took home several major wins. Outstanding Chef went to the brainy, vegetable-forward chef Michael Anthony (who recently took the lead at Untitled in the new Whitney Museum) for his years of work at Gramercy Tavern. Outstanding Pastry Chef went to the cookie-empire building Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar. (Do yourself a favor and bake her chocolate chip cookies, ASAP).

Blue Hill at Stone Barns won Outstanding Restaurant, and Bâtard, the latest in Tribeca from Drew Nieporent, won Best New Restaurant. This year the foundation launched a new category, Outstanding Baker, and the title went to Jim Lahey of New York's Sullivan Street Bakery, the tireless baker who helped launch a million no-knead breads.