Rhode Island's Sherry Pocknett was granted the Best Chef Award: Northeast and Maine's The Quarry restaurant was granted the Outstanding Hospitality Award.
The restaurant, which won in the Outstanding Hospitality category, was the culmination of a longtime dream of Philippines-born chef/owner Marilou Ranta.
Chicago chefs Damarr Brown of Virtue and Genie Kwon and Tim Flores of Kasama won James Beard Awards on Monday for Emerging Chef and Best Chef: Great Lakes.