LA chefs cook up multiple James Beard Award nominations

Chef Bernhard Mairinger of BierBeisl in Beverly Hills.
BierBeisl

Take Two® | February 20, 2013

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Well its not news to anyone who lives here that LA has a fantastic food scene, but now it seems the accolades are catching up.

The James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for their 2013 Restaurant Awards yesterday, and for once LA chefs are generously represented.

Here to talk about some of the contenders is Patric Kuh, a recipient of a James Beard award for his food writing at Los Angeles magazine.

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