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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★James Beard Outstanding Chef Award 1992 - first woman to receive this honor
★James Beard Outstanding Restaurant Award 1992 for Chez Panisse
★James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award 2004
★James Beard Humanitarian Award 1997
★James Beard Leadership Award 2011
★National Humanities Medal 2015 by President Obama
★French Legion of Honor 2010
★Julia Child Award 2024
★Michelin Green Star for Chez Panisse 2020
★Michelin one-star rating 2006-2009
★Rachel Carson Award from National Audubon Society
★UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador 2021
★Global Environmental Citizen Award with Kofi Annan 2008
★National Woman's Hall of Fame inductee 2017
Notable Facts
→Founder of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California (1971)
→Pioneer of California cuisine and farm-to-table movement
→Creator of the Edible Schoolyard Project at Martin Luther King Middle School
→Influenced Michelle Obama's White House organic vegetable garden
→Author of 16 books including New York Times bestsellers
→Born April 28, 1944 in Chatham, New Jersey
→Opened restaurant at age 27 with $28,000 borrowed from friends and family
→Restaurant has been operating for 54+ years
→Championed organic, local, seasonal ingredients before it was mainstream
→Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2007
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