James Beard: America's First Foodie (2017)
1h
Running Time
April 23, 2017Release Date
James Beard: America's First Foodie (2017)
1h
Running Time
April 23, 2017Release Date
Plot.
Food in the 21st century has become much more than “meat and potatoes” and canned soup casseroles.” Chefs have gained celebrity status; recipes and exotic ingredients, once impossible to find, are now just a mouse click away; and the country's major cities are better known for their gastronomy than their art galleries. This food movement can be traced back to one man: James Beard. His name graces the highest culinary honor in the American food world today—the James Beard Foundation Awards. And while chefs all around the country aspire to win a James Beard Award, often referred to as the “culinary Oscars,” many of those same chefs know very little about the man behind the medal. Respected restaurateur Drew Nieporent summed it up when he said, “Everybody knows the name James Beard. They may not know who he is, but they know the name.”
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Cast & Crew.

James Beard
Himself (archive footage)

Ted Allen
Himself

Judith Jones
Herself

Greg Higgins
Himself

Daniel Boulud
Self

Clark Wolf
Himself

Jacques Pépin
Himself

Marc Forgione
Self

Alice Waters
Herself

Gael Greene
Self

Madhur Jaffrey
Herself

Beth Federici
Producer / Director

Kathleen Squires
Co-Producer

Greg Snider
Editor

Jerry Lamb Hiu-Fung
Self

Jason Beauregard
Cinematographer
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
food
food industry
chef
gastronomy
culinary