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2012 Beard Awards: Bruce Sherman of North Pond
Bruce Sherman of North Pond in Chicago, left, who won an award for Best Chef: Great Lakes, and his wife Joan Sherman.
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2012 Beard Awards: Duff Goldman Cake
A special cake was made for the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony and Gala by Duff Goldman of Charm City Cakes and television show "Ace of Cakes" fame.
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2012 Beard Awards: Christina Tosi
Christina Tosi of Momofuku Milk Bar in New York won the Rising Star Chef of the Year award.
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2012 Beard Awards: Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park
Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park in New York was awarded Outstanding Chef.
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2012 Beard Awards: Danny Meyer, Michael Anthony and Kevin Mahan
Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern, center, won a Beard award for Best Chef: New York City. Also photographed: Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, left, and Kevin Mahan, managing partner of Union Square Hospitality Group.
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2012 Beard Awards: Wolfgang Puck
Wolfgang Puck, right, and wife Gelila Assefa. Puck was awarded the 2012 James Beard Award Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award.
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2012 Beard Awards: Jim Meehan
Jim Meehan of PDT in New York won an award for the Beard Foundation's first-ever Outstanding Bar Program category.
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2012 Beard Awards: Paul Qui
Paul Qui of Uchiko in Austin, Texas, won in the Best Chef: Southwest category.
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2012: Beard Awards: Tim Cushman
The award for Best Chef: Northeast category went to Tim Cushman of O Ya in Boston.
Take a look at some of the winners from last night's 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony and Gala, which took place at Lincoln Center in New York City.
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