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News Archive for Kim Cattrall

EVENT REPORT 06.10.08 9:14 AM

Chefs Serve Up Local Ingredients at Beard Awards

Peter Hoffman's rabbit roulade
Photo: Francine Daveta for BizBash

Kim Cattrall and artisanal cheese makers might seem like an odd combination, but both shared the spotlight at the 21st annual James Beard Foundation awards, held Sunday night at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall. This year’s theme was "Artisanal America," emphasizing small farms and specialty food producers from across the country—“the chefs behind the great chefs,” as foundation president Susan Ungaro said. Cattrall, doing her best Samantha Jones act in a slinky gold dress, co-hosted the awards with Bobby Flay, which were followed by a gala reception featuring chef-run tasting stations.

Cattrall aside, the food, as always, was the main draw. Ungaro worked with David Bowen of Bowen & Company and co-chairs Dan Barber of Blue Hill and Odessa Piper, formerly of Madison, Wisconsin’s L’Etoile, to select 32 chefs from around the country whose restaurants emphasize sustainable cuisine. In planning their dishes for the post-ceremony reception, each chef was asked to incorporate at least one ingredient from one of their favorite local farmers or artisanal food purveyors. “[Beard] believed you got the true flavor of a place by meeting the local farmers, cheese makers, bread bakers, and butchers. We believe our theme is just another way to celebrate his legacy and the very active and passionate artisanal movement being embraced by America's greatest chefs,” Ungaro said. MORE >>

James Beard Foundation, Bobby Flay, Kim Cattrall, Delta Airlines, Lexus

NEWS 04.18.08 3:43 PM

Bobby Flay Joins Kim Cattrall to Host James Beard Awards

A Bobby Flay collector's item from last year's awards
Photo: Francine Daveta for BizBash

Word came Thursday that the hosting duties of this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards would not just fall on actress Kim Cattrall. Celebrity chef and multiple James Beard Award winner Bobby Flay will now share her job as M.C. at the June 8 ceremony. The two take the reigns from past hosts who’ve included Al Roker, Cokie Roberts, and Hannah Storm.

“Through the years we’ve had a lot of journalists and food personalities host the awards,” James Beard Foundation president Susan Ungaro told us. “It’s a long show. It runs about three hours, so all along we wanted to give it to two people to share this year. Adding that back and forth will help break it up and add to the energy.” MORE >>

James Beard Foundation, Kim Cattrall, Bobby Flay