Mass., Maine chefs in James Beard Award finals
Chef Guy Reuge in the kitchen at Restaurant Mirabelle in Stony Brook in August 2012. Credit: Brenner Photo Productions
Chefs from Massachusetts and Maine will compete as finalists in the 2015 James Beard Foundation Awards competition.
The five finalists for best Northeast chef this year are: Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang in Boston; Barry Maiden of Hungry Mother in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Masa Miyake of Miyake in Portland, Maine; Cassie Piuma of Sarma in Somerville, Massachusetts; Andrew Taylor and Mike Wiley of Eventide Oyster Co. in Portland, Maine.
Guy Reuge of Mirabelle in Stony Brook was a semifinalist this year, as he was in 2014 and 2010.
James Beard award winners will be announced May 4.
