James Beard Foundation names 10 semifinalists from Maine

By Peggy Grodinsky, Portland Press Herald

Four Maine chefs, all from Portland restaurants, were listed in the category of Best Chef: Northeast, and not all of them the names you’d likely know from national lists or media coverage. Competing in that category are Celia Bruns of Artemisia Cafe, Ian Driscoll from Bar Futo, Valerie Goldman at The Honey Paw and Jake Stevens of Leeward.